Roots of Wisdom

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Roots of Wisdom: Sorcery, Jumpstart 2022. Mill three cards, then return a land card or Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Common
Set
Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
721
Artist
Sidharth Chaturvedi
Commander rank
14,340 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill

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About Roots of Wisdom

Roots of Wisdom is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green sorcery from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 721 in that set, with art by Sidharth Chaturvedi. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Kaldheim (2021) to Jumpstart 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Mill three cards, then return a land card or Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, draw a card. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Though imprisoned in Jaspera trees, the elvish gods known as the Einir still whisper through the ages.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Roots of Wisdom by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Roots of Wisdom

Roots of Wisdom has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Kaldheim (KHM) #190Common2021

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Roots of Wisdom, newest first.

  • If there’s a land card or Elf card in your graveyard, you must return one. You can’t choose not to in order to draw a card.
  • Roots of Wisdom doesn’t target any cards in graveyards. You may return a land card or an Elf card that was just milled or one that was already there.

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