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Basking Rootwalla

Multiverse ID: 35072

Basking Rootwalla

Comments (17)

True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (6 votes)
What? I'm the first to comment on Basket? Well, what can I say... One of the best 1-drops (or should I say 0-drops?) in the game. I always loved playing two of these guys with Careful Study on turn one. How can you not adore this lizard? :) 5/5!
Laguz
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (7 votes)
This little lizard is just incredible...to think that both this and wild mongrel were common! Madness was so broken.
bav123_2
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0) (15 votes)
Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!
True_Smog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Great creature. One of the reasons why UG Madness deck was so good.
zpikduM
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (14 votes)
Heavily featured in the Leonidas vs Xerxes Magic match.
bigben013
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
careful study + this = fun. also wild mongrel :D
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
One of the best green creatures ever printed. Everyone I've ever met who plays loves this, except the few who face off against mine while I whomp them, and those people love the Rootwalla when the game's over. 5/5, easily.
spectermonger
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
There's no greater pleasure in life, than a rancored rootwalla on turn one.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (13 votes)
15 minutes could save you the entirety of this guy's casting cost.
Mike-C
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
@ Spectremonger- How bout the pleasure of a buried vengevine, discarding 2 of these, then putting all 3 on the battlefield?
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (8 votes)
I don't know why,
But every time I see this card, all I can think about is how content this guy looks.
I mean look at that smile!
NeoKoda
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (6 votes)
I love the art and the mechanics. And the flavor that he, presumably, puffs up like a frill lizard to get that extra 2/2.
JoeyWalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
reprint for madness use in modern
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
.5/5 for balance
5/5 for power
.5/5 for annoying references on so many cards.
Lueseto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd really love to see this reprinted to play it in modern alongside Lotleth troll, which would be even more ridiculous than it was with wild mongrel imo
Doaj
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Used to be a standard staple. Now it's a pauper and casual staple. I have a playset signed by Heather Hudson, and they're some of my most prized cards.
Taudisban
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@TheWrathofShane

Did you just go and make negative comments on every UG Madness card?