Plant

Plant
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	85 cards 2.4% 2.4% 1.2% 75.3% 1.2% 1.2% 10.6% 3.5% 2.4% 17 Plant creation cards 11.8% 5.9% 35.3% 11.8% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9% as of Duskmourn: House of Horror
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type:"Plant"

Plant is a creature type used for cards that depict organisms that produce their food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose. This definition includes mosses but excludes fungi. Sapient trees are classified as Treefolk.

History

The Plant subtype was introduced relatively late. The first creature to bear the type was Utopia Tree in Invasion (though the Carnivorous Plant from The Dark and Singing Tree from Arabian Nights were later issued errata to become plants as well).

In the Grand Creature Type Update a lot of cards gained the additional Plant type. Note that while Wall of Blossoms and Tinder Wall now are Plant Walls, Wall of Wood is just a Wall. "Wood" is no longer alive, so it's no longer a Plant.

Storyline

Ixalan

Many predatory plants attract food by producing smells redolent of food, from the smell of sweet nectar to the odor of decaying meat. They then close jaw-like leaves around their prey or capture them in sticky pools of digestive juice. A few plants are more active. They lunge up from the forest canopy to grab flying dinosaurs in woody claws or tangle them in vines, or they pull up their roots and creep across the forest floor in search of good hunting grounds.

Lorwyn

All treefolk from Lorwyn begin life as a "seedbody" or 'seedcone", but not all seedbodies become fully animated and sapient. Most become trees, albeit relatively intelligent trees with the potential to become aware and mobile.

Theros

On Theros, the god Nylea honors some that she deems worthy by transforming them into trees, thereby blessing them with long lives. These Carayatids and their descendants protect Setessa and share their wisdom. Other caryatids can be found in Ilysia in the Underworld.

Thunder Junction

Cactusfolk are the only known sapient species indigenous to Thunder Junction. Having only awoken to sapience after the plane connected to the Omenpaths in 4562 AR, they are a young culture. With few alternative food sources, the plane's vampires occasionally unsuccessfully attempt to feed on cactusfolk.

Notable plants

Thunder Junction

• Bristly Bill
• Kirri

Unknown

• The Necrobloom

Trivia

• Svogthos, the Restless Tomb is a manland that can become a black and green Plant Zombie. Restless Vinestalk is a similar blue-green Plant and Cactus Preserve is mono-green.
• As printed, Jungle Patrol made Wood Wall tokens. When Wood was eliminated from the creature type list, the card was adjusted to make and sacrifice Plant Wall tokens. But this didn't match with other cards that made unique tokens. Jungle Patrol, therefore, reverted to "Wall tokens named Wood" and the tokens were no longer Plants. This decision was based on the original concept of Wood tokens: the Jungle Patrol has already chopped down some trees (thus creating wood) and can set them on fire (sacrificing them to create Red Mana).
• Singing-Tree (Singing Tree) and Kelp (Wall of Kelp) were also incorporated in the Plant Creature type.
• Though Plant Elemental obviously became a Plant Elemental in the update, Aboroth, Barishi and Floral Spuzzem just became Elementals. Phytotitan is again a Plant Elemental.
• The subtype of Urza's Power Plant is Power-Plant, not Plant.
• Lichenthrope is both a Plant and a Fungus.
• The Golgari guild of Ravnica features Mossdogs, i.e. Plant Hounds.
• Almost half of all Plants printed are unaggressive - 23 of them have defender, three have no power and don't give themselves power, and Vigean Hydropon cannot enter combat altogether. Several others can contribute to combat but are clearly designed to not be its purpose (mana dorks, for instance).
  • Most Plant token makers also create 0-power tokens, outnumbering Goats for the most 0/1 token makers.
• Red gained a monocolored Plant (Prickly Pair) as well as a multicolored Plant (Cactusfolk Sureshot) in 2024, outnumbering White's only Plant as Phytohydra was printed in 2005 and none were printed since since.
• Vegetable was a planned creature type for Unglued 2: The Obligatory Sequel.

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Plant	Green	Creature — Plant	0/1		Audience with Trostani Avenger of Zendikar Evil Comes to Fruition Insidious Roots Khalni Garden Nature Shields Its Own Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Phylath, World Sculptor A-Phylath, World Sculptor Turntimber Sower
	Green	Creature — Plant	0/2	Defender	Dowsing Dagger
	Green	Creature — Plant	1/1		Grismold, the Dreadsower Grovetender Druids
Plant Warrior	Green	Creature — Plant Warrior	4/2	Reach	Vengeful Regrowth Yuma, Proud Protector
Kelp	Blue	Creature — Plant Wall	0/1	Defender	Wall of Kelp
Sprouting Phytohydra	Green	Creature — Plant Hydra	0/2	Defender Whenever Sprouting Phytohydra is dealt damage, you may put a token that's a copy of Sprouting Phytohydra onto the battlefield.	Sprouting Phytohydra