---
name: "Insidious Roots"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jeremy Wilson"
oracle_id: "d75b2b8e-05c9-47da-b359-a867256d78ea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/insidious-roots-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Insidious Roots
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle 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.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Audience with Trostani](/printing/audience-with-trostani-pmkm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Hazel of the Rootbloom](/printing/hazel-of-the-rootbloom-blc.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Druid
3. [Undercellar Myconid](/printing/undercellar-myconid-clb.md) — Creature — Fungus
4. [Nemata, Grove Guardian](/printing/nemata-grove-guardian-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Treefolk
5. [Grismold, the Dreadsower](/printing/grismold-the-dreadsower-c19.md) — Legendary Creature — Troll Shaman
6. [Cryptolith Rite](/printing/cryptolith-rite-inr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #208
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jeremy Wilson
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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