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Root Manipulation SOS 0222 · uncommon

Root Manipulation · {3}{B}{G} · Sorcery · 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.) · "Nature endures and adapts, and so shall we."

Root Manipulation · {3}{B}{G} · Sorcery · 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.) · "Nature endures and adapts, and so shall we."

Price
from $0.231 printing
Win rate
53.4% GIH 7,000 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 3,737 wins in 7,000 card-in-hand instances.

6,804 distinct games · 2,790 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

53.4%when drawn (GIH)

−2.0 pp vs 55.4% average · 7,000 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games

#232 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.0 on average (77,457 packs).

67 of 83 multicolor cards · 28 of 35 multicolor uncommon cards.

Taken at pick8.98,695 picks
Makes the deck36.3%8,695 picks with known usage
When played52.5%16,813.5 matchesBenched 54.2%
27,576.5 matches
When drawn53.4%7,000 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 50.7% · 2,830 instances
● Drawn later 55.2% · 4,170 instances

In hand 53.4% · 7,000 instances
Unseen in deck 52.7% · 10,258 instances
+0.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn53.4%7,000 instances67 of 83
Opening hand50.7%2,830 instances66 of 82
Drawn later55.2%4,170 instances59 of 83
In the deck53.1%17,324 instances61 of 83
Without seeing it52.7%10,258 instances38 of 83
Improvement when drawn+0.7 pp7,000 instances / 10,258 instances60 of 83
When benched54.2%27,576.5 matches67 of 83
Makes the deck36.3%8,695 picks with known usage74 of 83
Pick (last seen)6.077,457 packs72 of 83
Taken at8.98,695 picks74 of 83

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG54.9%4,848 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.4% · 7,000 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Bogwater Lumaret10,603 games with both in the deckPest Mascot10,123 games with both in the deckGrapple with Death9,292 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 28% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOS 0222 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-witherbloom$0.23
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.24

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 33 packs (3.00%) · 30.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 298 packs (0.34%) · 9.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.38%) · 64.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Elizabeth Peiró, SOS 222 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗