Roots of Wisdom
Sorcery
Mill three cards, then return a land card or Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, draw a card. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #13974
Roots of Wisdom mills four and puts a land from the yard into hand — card selection and graveyard fueling in one shot for two mana. In Abomination of Llanowar decks, that's a double-dip: you're padding the yard count that pumps your commander while replacing itself with a land drop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar scales directly off Elves in the graveyard, so Roots of Wisdom pulling four cards into the bin while fixing your next land drop is exactly the kind of cheap, self-replacing setup this deck wants.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Roots of Wisdom earns its slot in any graveyard-value shell that also wants land consistency — two mana for four mills plus a land-to-hand effect is real card selection, not filler. Pauper is where it's most broadly competitive, since common-legal graveyard enablers are at a premium and the card replaces itself cleanly. In Modern and Pioneer the bar for two-mana sorceries is brutal; Roots of Wisdom doesn't make those cuts outside of extremely narrow self-mill builds. Legacy and Vintage have better options at the same cost, so it's effectively a non-factor there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Roots of Wisdom is deep bulk — grab a playset for pocket change. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a format shift makes them suddenly essential, and nothing on the horizon pushes this one out of the bargain bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Abomination of Llanowar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.