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Basking Rootwalla

Multiverse ID: 201836

Basking Rootwalla

Comments (36)

omniszron
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (4 votes)
God, I love that mug of his.
bigben013
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Haha oh how you amuse me mr. basking rootwala
fun art and nice card.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (10 votes)
I have yet to play/meet ANYONE who does not love this card. 5/5.
car2n
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (3 votes)
Combine with cloudstone cameo, and a discarding card like skirge familiar. You can discard rootwalla for a creature-into-play and the discard cost for the ability.
Omenchild
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0) (5 votes)
i have this in my mono black madness deck haha
Quang
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (7 votes)
Why not just wild mongrel and this?
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (17 votes)
I love this guy. He's just so cool. He looks like he's saying "OH HI THERE!" to your raging opponent :P
spectermonger
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (12 votes)
My friends used to call this guy "baking rootwalla"..I have no clue why...maybe they were dyslexic.
Mode
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0) (8 votes)
Don't forget that thanks to his Madness ability this Lizard was the trigger for all life - back then in the very beginning, when Xerxes and Leonidas fought a Magic: The Gathering battle and Leonidas took notice of Madness.
Strawb3rryPanic
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (2 votes)
even if you can't discard it for some reason you can at the very least have a 3/3 for 3 which isn't that bad.
lioncubs
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (26 votes)
Basking Rootwalla saved me a bunch of money on my car insurance.
ROBRAM89
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (10 votes)
Good thing they printed Judgment, green was so underrepresented in Torment with this at common.
divine_exodus
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Turn 1: Island, ancestral recall, go. (discard 2 of these if you went second, 1 if you went first.)
Turn 2: Forest, lol.
littleteapot
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
@spectermonger Were they baked?
Alekxxx
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
@car2n If you have another Basking Rootwalla on the field already that's infinite mana:)
Tanaka348
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (12 votes)
What's that, Liliana? Discard a card? Okay.
GengilOrbios
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (20 votes)
-This is madness!
-Madness? THIS! IS! ... oh wait it IS madness
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
this lizard pwns everything
Baconradar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (12 votes)
How does this not have 5/5 from everyone? This is in the top 10 of one drops, all time.
JoeyWalker
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (5 votes)
reprint for madness in modern
NeoKoda
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
Love how it's a fine one-drop as is. Better than fine, maybe, as it can swing for three turn two.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Weenie decks that like to overextend dont want this. Feeding it mana causes developmental issues.
Deathsreturn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
It's the cutest little lizard ever!
imsully2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It looks so friendly, it's just like: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/096/044/trollface.jpg?1296494117
herpdaderp
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Madness 0, pay 1 to cast, two for its ability to make it 3/3! Perfect. Okay making a numbers themed deck with this as #1, Kavu Titan as the 2/2 for two (or the 5/5 for 5), Cathodion, the 3/3 for three that grants you three mana, Rosheen Meanderer, 4/4 for 4 with a 4 to mana pool ability, Cromat, 5/5 for 5 with five abilities,Vorosh, the Hunter 6/6 for 6 that gets six counters, Elderscale Wurm and Lorthos, the Tidemaker are the obvious 7s and 8s, then Grozoth, Progenitus, and finally Darksteel Colossus, Phyrexian Dreadnought and Withengar Unbound
LordRandomness
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (7 votes)
@Baconradar - Don't you mean 0-drops?
Trygon_Predator
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Love this card and the lizard. Look at it, it's so happy!
The activated ability references the tendency of real-life chuckwallas to puff themselves up, in case you were wondering.
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So many combos
azure_drake222222
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
It's a Basking Rootwalla from Baskin Robbins.
Smokey790
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
He looks so happy.
Kruggles
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Artful Looter is a decent combo. Tap, draw a card, discard this and it ETB, untapping the looter. Wooo!!
Captain_Sisay_2591
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fancy a crisp?
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'll just drop Greater Good here, hmkay?
angrybob4213
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Lotleth Troll likes this guy :)
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Due to his face, his combos, and opponent's reactions...his perfect name is "Trolling Rootwalla."
Ugin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is madness!