Roots of Wisdom

Roots of Wisdom

{1}{G}Sorcery

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Mill three cards, then return a land card or Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, draw a card. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

What it does

Tagged as Card draw · Recursion · Self-mill — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Official rulings

  1. If there’s a land card or Elf card in your graveyard, you must return one. You can’t choose not to in order to draw a card. (2021-02-05)
  2. Roots of Wisdom doesn’t target any cards in graveyards. You may return a land card or an Elf card that was just milled or one that was already there. (2021-02-05)

Printings & prices

Every set Roots of Wisdom has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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