Rootcoil Creeper
Creature — Plant Horror
: Add one mana of any color.: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast spells from your graveyard.
, , Exile this creature: Return target card with flashback you own from exile to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #9668
Rootcoil Creeper taps for any color in your commander's colors and lets you cast spells from your graveyard — two relevant abilities on a two-mana body. In Muldrotha, the Gravetide builds especially, it doubles as ramp and a redundant graveyard-cast engine on the same card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
Muldrotha, the Gravetide already lets you cast permanents from the graveyard, and Rootcoil Creeper stacks that effect while also fixing mana — so when Muldrotha is answered, the Creeper keeps the graveyard engine running on its own.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rootcoil Creeper is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — the graveyard-cast ability is too slow and conditional to compete in the faster non-rotating formats, where dedicated graveyard payoffs outclass it. In Commander, it earns its slot specifically in self-mill and graveyard-value decks that want redundancy on the graveyard-cast effect and flexible mana fixing in one card. Outside that niche, it's too low-impact to run.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Rootcoil Creeper is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or a cheap online purchase. Bulk graveyard creatures with narrow homes rarely climb in price, so don't expect appreciation; just grab it if you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.