Sunbathing Rootwalla
Creature — Lizard
Domain — 
: Until end of turn, this creature gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among lands you control. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27119
Sunbathing Rootwalla gives you a free 2/2 pump on a 1/1 body whenever you have excess mana — zero additional cost beyond what you're already spending. The ceiling is low outside of dedicated go-wide or madness shells, but the floor is also free, which makes it a clean include in the right list.
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, Sunbathing Rootwalla earns a slot in mana-doubling or untap-heavy green builds where floating excess mana is routine — think Selvala, Heart of the Wilds or Zaxara, the Exemplary. In Pauper it sees fringe play in madness-adjacent aggro lists where the one-drop body plus free pump is relevant on a crowded board. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it — the power ceiling is miles below the format's floor. Pioneer and Modern both have better one-drops doing more structural work, so Sunbathing Rootwalla doesn't register competitively there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Sunbathing Rootwalla is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. There's no pressure to buy in; it'll stay at this price tier indefinitely given its niche role.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.