---
name: "Rootcast Apprenticeship"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andreia Ugrai"
oracle_id: "ffe13100-99dd-41e3-82ba-eaead6fd0113"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rootcast-apprenticeship-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rootcast Apprenticeship
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
• Target player creates a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
• Target opponent sacrifices a nontoken artifact of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Verdant Command](/printing/verdant-command-mh2.md) — Instant
2. [Cabaretti Confluence](/printing/cabaretti-confluence-pncc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Hazel of the Rootbloom](/printing/hazel-of-the-rootbloom-blc.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Druid
4. [Squirrel Wrangler](/printing/squirrel-wrangler-pcy.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Sylvan Offering](/printing/sylvan-offering-c14.md) — Sorcery
6. [Verdant Confluence](/printing/verdant-confluence-pz1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #32
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andreia Ugrai
- **Total Printings:** 9 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: `not_legal`