Insidious Roots
Insidious Roots: Enchantment, Murders at Karlov Manor. Creature tokens you control have "Tap: Add one mana of any color." Whenever one or more On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 208
- Artist
- Jeremy Wilson
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About Insidious Roots
Insidious Roots is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and green enchantment from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 208 in that set, with art by Jeremy Wilson. It costs {B}{G} (one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Murders at Karlov Manor is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.78 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Creature tokens you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
The roots of Vitu-Ghazi allowed Trostani to reach every crack and crevice in the city.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.78 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Insidious Roots by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Insidious Roots
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #313 | Uncommon | 2024 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Insidious Roots, newest first.
- If multiple creature cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Insidious Roots's last ability will trigger only once.
- In the rare case where Insidious Roots is a creature token, it will grant itself the ability "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
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