---
name: "Rootborn Defenses"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Populate"]
set: "RTR"
set_name: "Return to Ravnica"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "04046ae4-5c51-434b-930c-f3b1d348bf4b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rootborn-defenses-rtr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rootborn Defenses
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Populate

## Oracle Text
Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Make a Stand](/printing/make-a-stand-ogw.md) — Instant
2. [Grand Crescendo](/printing/grand-crescendo-prm.md) — Instant
3. [Unbreakable Formation](/printing/unbreakable-formation-rvr.md) — Instant
4. [Mortal's Resolve](/printing/mortals-resolve-bng.md) — Instant
5. [Withstand Death](/printing/withstand-death-som.md) — Instant
6. [Angelheart Protector](/printing/angelheart-protector-znr.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Return to Ravnica (RTR) #19
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Zug
- **Total Printings:** 33 across all historical editions

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