The 2017 Modern Masters 2017 foil version of Rootborn Defenses (card #21) is a white Instant with mana cost {2}{W}. This MM3 release features the keyword Populate.
2017 • Magic: The Gathering • Modern Masters 2017
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Rootborn Defenses is a white Instant card from the Magic: The Gathering Modern Masters 2017 set, identified as card number 21 in the MM3 subset. This foil release carries a mana cost of {2}{W} and a mana value of 3. The card features the keyword Populate, a mechanic that creates a token copy of a creature token you control. Designed by Mark Zug, this version of Rootborn Defenses is part of the 2017 Modern Masters 2017 collection.
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Rootborn Defenses
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Common
Mark Zug
Card Stock
English
Foil
{2}{W}
Instant
W
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Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
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The mana cost for this card is {2}{W}, resulting in a mana value of 3. It is a white Instant card from the Modern Masters 2017 set.
Populate allows you to create a token that is a copy of a creature token you control. This card also grants indestructible to your creatures until end of turn.
Mark Zug is the artist credited with illustrating this 2017 foil release of Rootborn Defenses.
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