---
name: "Root Out"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "bec03edc-261a-4b02-be37-2006f657e905"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/root-out-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Root Out
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fateful Absence](/printing/fateful-absence-mid.md) — Instant
2. [Foul Play](/printing/foul-play-dbl.md) — Sorcery
3. [Thorough Investigation](/printing/thorough-investigation-afc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Deduce](/printing/deduce-mkm.md) — Instant
5. [Forensic Gadgeteer](/printing/forensic-gadgeteer-pmkm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
6. [Drownyard Explorers](/printing/drownyard-explorers-soi.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #224
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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