---
name: "Root Elemental"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "127"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "182d38b4-48bb-4050-a19a-c0a6bb241bbd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/root-elemental-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Root Elemental
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/5
- **Keywords:** Morph

## Oracle Text
Morph {5}{G}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pine Walker](/printing/pine-walker-ktk.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Primal Whisperer](/printing/primal-whisperer-lgn.md) — Creature — Elf Soldier
3. [Treespring Lorian](/printing/treespring-lorian-ons.md) — Creature — Beast
4. [Patron of the Wild](/printing/patron-of-the-wild-lgn.md) — Creature — Elf
5. [Krosan Colossus](/printing/krosan-colossus-a25.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Rattleclaw Mystic](/printing/rattleclaw-mystic-pktk.md) — Creature — Human Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #127
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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