---
name: "Wall of Roots"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Plant Wall"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "35114"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "3a21a6ae-b2f2-4f0c-acfd-5f3e8d63fd2f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wall-of-roots-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wall of Roots
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Plant Wall
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add {G}. Activate only once each turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Blossoms](/printing/wall-of-blossoms-tdc.md) — Creature — Plant Wall
2. [Overgrown Battlement](/printing/overgrown-battlement-tdc.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Wall of Wood](/printing/wall-of-wood-10e.md) — Creature — Wall
4. [Wall of Pine Needles](/printing/wall-of-pine-needles-ice.md) — Creature — Plant Wall
5. [Jungle Barrier](/printing/jungle-barrier-ima.md) — Creature — Plant Wall
6. [Carnivorous Plant](/printing/carnivorous-plant-me1.md) — Creature — Plant Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35114
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-11-17)* If you must sacrifice a creature to pay a casting or activation cost that also includes mana, such as that of Bubbling Cauldron's abilities, you may put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots to make its toughness 0 and then sacrifice it to pay that cost.