Root Out
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad #224 (common)
- Price
- $0.11 USD
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Root Out has 3 printings, first in Shadows over Innistrad (2016). EDHREC ranks it #13,997 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy decks (1,152 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Root Out
- Tinker Time - March of the Machine Commander, led by Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
Commanders that run Root Out most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy: 1,152 decks
- Lonis, Cryptozoologist: 930 decks
- Rashmi and Ragavan: 461 decks
- Sophia, Dogged Detective: 329 decks
- Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect: 43 decks
- Mutagen Man, Living Ooze: 29 decks
- Duggan, Private Detective: 28 decks
- The Third Doctor: 9 decks
Often played with Root Out
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
- : Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
- : You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
- : You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.