Hazel of the Rootbloom
Legendary Creature — Squirrel Druid
, Pay 2 life, Tap X untapped tokens you control: Add X mana in any combination of colors.
At the beginning of your end step, create a token that's a copy of target token you control. If that token is a Squirrel, instead create two tokens that are copies of it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Bloomburrow Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3054
Hazel of the Rootbloom converts every Food token into a free mana or a free card, which means any token-generation loop becomes an engine with essentially no overhead. The cost is that the payoff is entirely contingent on other pieces — Hazel does nothing alone, but next to Time Sieve or Camellia, the Seedmiser she becomes the glue that makes those engines self-sustaining.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Camellia, the Seedmiser
Camellia, the Seedmiser is the natural home: every Halfling spell triggers Camellia, the Seedmiser to produce a Food, and Hazel of the Rootbloom immediately cashes that Food for mana or a card, turning the entire Halfling tribe into a self-fueling value engine.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Chatterfang, Squirrel General decks frequently run Food subthemes, and Hazel of the Rootbloom slots in as a mana accelerant that scales directly with token output — the more Squirrels Chatterfang, Squirrel General produces, the more gas Hazel converts.
Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Myrkul, Lord of Bones cares about creatures dying, and Hazel of the Rootbloom's Food-to-mana conversion gives that sacrifice payoff additional reach — you can reinvest the mana from a sacrifice into the next threat before the turn ends.
Ygra, Eater of All
Ygra, Eater of All turns every creature into a Food, so Hazel of the Rootbloom immediately monetizes those tokens as mana or draw, letting Ygra, Eater of All decks chain creatures through the sacrifice engine without bleeding resources.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Hazel of the Rootbloom actually lives — the 100-card singleton format gives her enough Food producers and sacrifice payoffs to justify the slot, and the longer game means her incremental mana and card advantage compounds into a real edge. Legacy and Vintage are both technically legal, but Hazel asks you to build around her in formats that reward raw power and standalone efficiency, so she won't see competitive play there. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format worth watching: if you're running a Food-adjacent planeswalker as your oathbreaker, Hazel of the Rootbloom is a high-synergy include that punches well above her mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hazel of the RootbloomTime SieveThere and Back Again
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current pricing data for Hazel of the Rootbloom isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live numbers before buying. Given her narrow but high-synergy Commander role — particularly in Camellia, the Seedmiser and Chatterfang, Squirrel General builds — she tends to hold modest value rather than spiking, making her a low-risk pickup for the decks that actually want her.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.