For one less toughness Vine Trellis gives you the green mana without getting weaker. Seems the better deal imo.
distinctactuality
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Rhymes:
You're forgetting that you need to tap Vine Trellis to get the mana, so you can't block with it in your opponents turn. This can do both.
achilleselbow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think Wizards has stopped using these sorts of half-counters. Also, back in the day this could be bounced back by Stampeding Wildebeests, and you could effectively recast it every turn for 1 mana. Of course once Wall of Blossoms came out it was a better card to bounce. Overgrown Battlement is generally, but not strictly better.
BuffJittePLZ
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Not sure why anyone would rate this lower than 4/5. Art and flavour text aside, this wall can add mana while staying untapped to, you know... defend. This was, and is, one of the best walls in the game, and perhaps still better than overgrown battlement.
Sh1nobu
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Rhymes
You can also use Wall of Roots twice.
Once during your turn, to cast Birds of Paradise and one during the enemy turn, to cast something like Mana Leak.
This card is one of the best ramp walls for a U/G Control, since it essentially taps for an extra mana while I am using spells with Convoke.
4/5, for being awesome in a rogue Modern Deck.
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Avenger of Zendikar perhaps? Keeping him at 4-5 toughness and an arbitrarily large power seems pretty good for a mana dork.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As far as I know, this is the only Modern-legal card that uses these irregular kinds of counters.
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You're forgetting that you need to tap Vine Trellis to get the mana, so you can't block with it in your opponents turn. This can do both.
Also, back in the day this could be bounced back by Stampeding Wildebeests, and you could effectively recast it every turn for 1 mana. Of course once Wall of Blossoms came out it was a better card to bounce.
Overgrown Battlement is generally, but not strictly better.
You can also use Wall of Roots twice.
Once during your turn, to cast Birds of Paradise and one during the enemy turn, to cast something like Mana Leak.
This card is one of the best ramp walls for a U/G Control, since it essentially taps for an extra mana while I am using spells with Convoke.
4/5, for being awesome in a rogue Modern Deck.
Keeping him at 4-5 toughness and an arbitrarily large power seems pretty good for a mana dork.