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Blazing Rootwalla

Creature — Lizard

{R}: This creature gets +2/+0 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.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#9373
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Blazing Rootwalla card art
Blazing Rootwalla is a free discard outlet that also doubles as a pump spell — the zero madness cost means Anje Falkenrath can cycle through it without spending a single mana. That combination of free activation and immediate board presence is why it shows up in nearly 70% of Anje Falkenrath decks.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Anje Falkenrath

Anje Falkenrath

69.4% of decks · synergy 0.68

Blazing Rootwalla is one of the best hits for Anje Falkenrath because its madness cost is zero — you discard it to untap Anje, cast it for free, and keep the chain going without spending any mana on the creature itself.

02
Flubs, the Fool

Flubs, the Fool

12.1% of decks · synergy 0.11

Blazing Rootwalla gives Flubs, the Fool a cheap, recurring way to trigger discard synergies, and the free madness cast means you're never losing tempo when Flubs pushes you toward emptying your hand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Blazing Rootwalla occupies a narrow but reliable niche as a zero-cost madness payoff in Rakdos and Jund discard builds. Outside of dedicated madness engines, it does very little — a 1/1 that pumps for three mana is not a card you run without the engine to justify it. In Legacy and Vintage, Blazing Rootwalla sees fringe play in Dredge and madness shells where free creatures matter, though it competes with a deeper card pool and rarely makes the cut in optimized lists. Modern is theoretically legal but the card doesn't register there in any meaningful way.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Blazing Rootwalla isn't currently available through this page, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current figure. Given its narrow role outside dedicated madness builds, it has historically been an inexpensive pickup and is worth grabbing if you're building around Anje Falkenrath.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.