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"Find me cards equivalent to: Rootborn Defenses"

Equivalent cards to Rootborn Defenses (White instant that grants indestructible) include:

  • Make a Stand (Creatures you control get +1/+0 and indestructible until end of turn.)
  • Unbreakable Formation (Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn; add vigilance if cast in main phase.)
  • Flawless Maneuver (If you control a commander, may cast for free; creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.)

None of these have Populate, but all are White instants granting indestructible, matching the core protective effect of Rootborn Defenses.

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Flawless Maneuver

Make a Stand

Rootborn Defenses

Unbreakable Formation

Flawless Maneuver #25 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • It doesn't matter whose commander you control. Any one will do. If you have two commanders, you just need to control one of them.
  • Once you begin casting this spell, players can't take any other actions until you're done casting it. Notably, they can't try to remove the commander you control to make you pay its cost.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 10.15 USD
    Manapool 7.24 USD
    Cardkingdom 23.99 USD
    Cardmarket 11.69 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

    Make a Stand #26 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Cardkingdom / 0.99 USD 0.39 USD
    Cardmarket 0.17 EUR / 0.6 EUR
    Manapool / 0.31 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.49 USD 0.17 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don'tdestroythem.)

    Rootborn Defenses #RVR-26 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Populate

    Rules

  • Rootborn Defenses affects only creatures you control after populating at the time it resolves. The creature token you create will gain indestructible, but creatures you begin to control later in the turn will not.
  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
  • If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
  • If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
  • Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
  • The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
  • The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.

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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.17 USD
    Manapool 0.18 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

    Unbreakable Formation #7052 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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  • Unbreakable Formation affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't gain indestructible or vigilance and they won't get a +1/+1 counter.
  • Addendum abilities of instant spells apply while the spell is resolving, not immediately after casting it. If the spell is countered, you don't get the addendum bonus.
  • If an effect copies a spell with an addendum ability while it's on the stack, the copy wasn't cast at all, so you won't get the addendum bonus.

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    Tcgplayer 1.59 USD / 2.06 USD
    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.64 EUR 2.13 EUR
    Manapool / 2.27 USD 1.8 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1counteron each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.