Rootborn Defenses (Ravnica Remastered) Light Play

Stand Fast with Rootborn Defenses

Rootborn Defenses is a concise protective tool for white decks that need to preserve board presence. For {2}{W} you get populate plus a blanket of indestructible to your creatures until end of turn. The populate clause makes this spell especially attractive in token builds where a single cast both multiplies your board and buys a turn of safety against mass removal.

On Ravnica the effect reads like practical guildcraft. Use Rootborn Defenses to turn a single token into another threat while making your attackers and blockers immune to lethal damage that turn. The wording on the card is straightforward and matches tournament printing: it will create a token copy of a creature token you control and grant indestructible to creatures you control until end of turn.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{W}
• Card Type – Instant
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that is a copy of a creature token you control.)
• Power / Toughness –