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Root Manipulation
Oracle Text
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life." (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
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Mana CostCharacter Background
Root Manipulation is a classic Sultai-flavored combat trick for Magic: The Gathering that turns an ordinary board into a lethal, draining swarm. In Secrets of Strixhaven, its mix of growth, menace, and incidental lifegain suggests a strategy built around aggressive value or midrange tempo, where you want to pressure life totals while making blocks awkward. A wide board of small creatures becomes suddenly hard to answer: +2/+2 lets even modest tokens punch above their weight, menace forces double-block decisions, and the attack trigger stabilizes races by padding your life total each turn. It works especially well in decks with go-wide token makers, recursive creatures, or cheap evasive attackers that can repeatedly trigger the life gain. If you can cast it after your opponent taps down for a swing, it often functions like a finisher, converting parity into a decisive attack.
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Character Background
Root Manipulation is a classic Sultai-flavored combat trick for Magic: The Gathering that turns an ordinary board into a lethal, draining swarm. In Secrets of Strixhaven, its mix of growth, menace, and incidental lifegain suggests a strategy built around aggressive value or midrange tempo, where you want to pressure life totals while making blocks awkward. A wide board of small creatures becomes suddenly hard to answer: +2/+2 lets even modest tokens punch above their weight, menace forces double-block decisions, and the attack trigger stabilizes races by padding your life total each turn. It works especially well in decks with go-wide token makers, recursive creatures, or cheap evasive attackers that can repeatedly trigger the life gain. If you can cast it after your opponent taps down for a swing, it often functions like a finisher, converting parity into a decisive attack.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 12:40:42 UTC