Shared Roots
Sorcery — Lesson
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.78
- EDHREC rank
- #1694
Shared Roots enters the battlefield and immediately starts converting your basics into card advantage — every Forest or Plains you play draws you a card, turning your land drops into a sustained engine. At two mana, Iroh, Grand Lotus decks run it in over 80% of builds for good reason: the cost-to-output ratio is flat-out better than most enchantments at this slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher leans on consistent land play and battlefield presence, and Shared Roots rewards exactly that by turning each Forest or Plains drop into a card, keeping Toph's hand full through the mid-game grind.
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang decks span multiple colors and lean on smooth mana development, so Shared Roots converting early basic land drops into draws shores up the card-flow that multicolor piles often sacrifice for fixing.
Toph, Earthbending Master
Toph, Earthbending Master cares about building a board incrementally, and Shared Roots feeds that plan by ensuring each land drop pulls an additional threat or answer out of the library.
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless benefits from the steady card flow Shared Roots provides, keeping the hand stocked with spells to fuel her triggers turn after turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Shared Roots does its real work — a two-mana enchantment that draws cards on basic land drops is a slow engine, and the 100-card singleton format gives it enough game length to generate three, four, or five draws in a single game. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, it's too conditional and too slow; you're not reliably triggering it more than once or twice before the game ends, and dedicated draw spells do far more for less setup. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every turn. Shared Roots is a Commander card through and through, and the format-legality breadth is a red herring — the only place it earns its slot is the long-game singleton format where land drops keep coming.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.78 bulk tier
At $0.78, Shared Roots sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects its narrow home in Avatar-themed Commander builds rather than broad format demand. It holds that floor as long as Iroh, Grand Lotus and the related commanders stay popular — don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Iroh, Grand Lotus
- Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Avatar Aang
- Toph, Earthbending Master
- Katara, the Fearless
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.