---
name: "Rootcoil Creeper"
mana_cost: "{G}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Plant Horror"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "238"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Iris Compiet"
oracle_id: "101f06f8-7980-41d1-98fa-3cb959380737"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rootcoil-creeper-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rootcoil Creeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Plant Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast spells from your graveyard.
{G}{U}, {T}, Exile this creature: Return target card with flashback you own from exile to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Graveyard Shift](/printing/graveyard-shift-snc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Crawl from the Cellar](/printing/crawl-from-the-cellar-inr.md) — Sorcery
3. [A-Graveyard Shift](/printing/a-graveyard-shift-snc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Creakwood Ghoul](/printing/creakwood-ghoul-eve.md) — Creature — Plant Zombie
5. [Trailtracker Scout](/printing/trailtracker-scout-blc.md) — Creature — Raccoon Scout
6. [Altar of the Lost](/printing/altar-of-the-lost-dka.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #238
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Iris Compiet
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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