Root-Kin Ally
Ravnica: City of Guilds 180 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 180
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 generic mana or one mana of that creature's color.)
Tap two untapped creatures you control: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Root-Kin Ally was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, the inaugural expansion for the Ravnica block in the Magic: The Gathering card game. The set was designed to explore the sprawling, urban world of Ravnica, a cityscape controlled by ten distinct guilds. This particular card was intended to reflect the Selesnya Conclave, a guild focused on nature and community, which utilized the 'convoke' mechanic to allow creatures to tap and assist in casting spells.
The artwork for the card was provided by illustrator Darrell Riche, who rendered the creature to embody the Selesnya aesthetic of harmonious integration between organic life and woodland spirits. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional tool for limited-format play, valued for its ability to bolster board presence by leveraging the guild's characteristic strength in numbers. It remains a representative artifact of the mid-2000s era of Magic design, characterized by the shift toward more complex, guild-themed mechanical identities.
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