Root Out

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Root Out: Sorcery, March of the Machine Commander. Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Investigate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Common
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
311
Artist
Daniel Ljunggren
Commander rank
13,420 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate

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About Root Out

Root Out is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green sorcery from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 311 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Root Out by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Root Out

Root Out has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #SOI-224Common2019
Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #224Common2016

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Root Out, newest first.

  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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