Rootborn Defenses

Public decks that run Rootborn Defenses

• Hatsune Miku - Secret Lair Commander, led by Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• Primal Genesis - Commander 2019, led by Ghired, Conclave Exile
• Token Triumph - Starter Commander Decks, led by Emmara, Soul of the Accord

Commanders that run Rootborn Defenses most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Trostani, Selesnya's Voice: 7,429 decks
• Atla Palani, Nest Tender: 6,504 decks
• Zinnia, Valley's Voice: 4,659 decks
• Brenard, Ginger Sculptor: 3,777 decks
• Baylen, the Haymaker: 3,499 decks
• Emmara, Soul of the Accord: 3,238 decks
• Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 3,056 decks
• The Jolly Balloon Man: 2,741 decks

Often played with Rootborn Defenses

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Trostani's Judgment
• Restless Dreams
• Wake the Reflections
• Wing Splicer
• Ghired's Belligerence
• Selesnya Eulogist
• Scion of Vitu-Ghazi
• Full Flowering
• Druid's Deliverance
• Song of the Worldsoul

Rulings

• 2017-03-14: Rootborn Defenses affects only creatures you control after populating at the time it resolves. The creature token you create will gain indestructible, but creatures you begin to control later in the turn will not.
• 2024-01-12: If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
• 2024-01-12: If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
• 2024-01-12: Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
• 2024-01-12: The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
• 2024-01-12: Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
• 2024-01-12: The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.