Basking Rootwalla
Mana cost {G}. Power/toughness 1/1.
{1}{G}: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Basking Rootwalla is a green card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Torment printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.72) · TCGplayer ($0.93) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.52 and €1.06 in that time.
How often Basking Rootwalla is played
Basking Rootwalla is maindecked in 7 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 3.7 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 62 decks that can cast green cards, 7 of them play it (11%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Basking Rootwalla
- UG Madness: Discarded to any outlet, it is cast for {0} through madness, even in the opponent's turn, while your mana goes to something else. Once per turn it gets +2/+2 for {1}{G}, so it attacks as a 3/3 or survives Pyroclasm and Fire.
Tournament decks with Basking Rootwalla
- Madness: 1st Place at PMPMPMPM XLI (4× mainboard)
- Madness Tribe: 1st Place at Premodern Granducato (4× mainboard)
- Perros de Avellaneda: 7th Place at Technoliga Valenciana (4× mainboard)
- Survival Infestation: 5th Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× mainboard)
- UBG Madness: 1st Place at Lega Roma - IV Tappa (4× mainboard)
- Turbo Rofellos: 1st Place at Premodern Galicia (4× mainboard)
- RG Zoo: 1st Place at 4Seasons Spring Ed. Bologna (Italy) (4× mainboard)
