---
name: "Basking Rootwalla"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Lizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "UMA"
set_name: "Ultimate Masters"
collector_number: "156"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "b2ec080f-ad5d-4274-91e3-bc6ac89fc3e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/basking-rootwalla-uma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Basking Rootwalla
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Lizard
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
{1}{G}: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blazing Rootwalla](/printing/blazing-rootwalla-mh2.md) — Creature — Lizard
2. [Rootwalla](/printing/rootwalla-w17.md) — Creature — Lizard
3. [Plated Rootwalla](/printing/plated-rootwalla-exo.md) — Creature — Lizard
4. [Frilled Sandwalla](/printing/frilled-sandwalla-m20.md) — Creature — Lizard
5. [A-Sunbathing Rootwalla](/printing/a-sunbathing-rootwalla-dmu.md) — Creature — Lizard
6. [Sunbathing Rootwalla](/printing/sunbathing-rootwalla-dmu.md) — Creature — Lizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ultimate Masters (UMA) #156
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2006-02-01)* If this card's ability is activated by one player, then another player takes control of it on the same turn, the second player can't activate its ability that turn.
- *(2022-12-08)* If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of a spell or activated ability, that card's madness triggered ability (and the spell that card becomes, if you choose to cast it) will resolve before the spell or ability the discard paid for.
- *(2022-12-08)* A spell cast for its madness cost is put onto the stack like any other spell. It can be countered, copied, and so on. As it resolves, it's put onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card or into its owner's graveyard if it's an instant or sorcery card.
- *(2022-12-08)* If you discard a card with madness while a spell or ability is resolving, it moves immediately to exile. Continue resolving that spell or ability, noting that the card you discarded is not in your graveyard at this time. Its madness triggered ability will be placed onto the stack once that spell or ability has completely resolved.
- *(2022-12-08)* A card with madness that's discarded counts as having been discarded even though it's put into exile rather than a graveyard. If it was discarded to pay a cost, that cost is still paid. Abilities that trigger when a card is discarded will still trigger.
- *(2022-12-08)* Casting a spell with madness ignores the timing rules based on the card's card type. For example, you can cast a sorcery with madness if you discard it during an opponent's turn.