Groot is a really beefy ally (there is one of only three for aspects in the game, that had 6 hit points.) Potentially our Big Friendly Tree can block infinity times, but in reality in expert mode this will be good for 2-3 blocks (and small attack/thwart in beetween last defend) which is insanely good.

Obvious trait locked make him not playable in everydeck. But still this is A (auto-include in all Guardians deck), and now with the player side schemes he can be defend even for others heroes.

Any Guardian will benefit from a permanent minion block or negating 2 Villain attacks making Groot an auto-include. When pairing him with Leadership and/or Protection he is elevated from “Good” to “Broke n”. Ready for action and Shake it Off have always been good cards mitigating a villain’s entire attack for 1 printed resource. When you pair them with a damaged Groot this also enables him another turn to heal and thus generally another block for no extra cost.