Quick Roots is pretty much useless. Unless it is used to speed up a manikin elephant; who doesn't love an unbreakable size6 trampler who has 24 AP?
The battle-field version Puppet Mastery however is excellent. Every Carrion Lord is able to cast Puppet Mastery on round one, and it just feels awesome when most of your faster manikin (the dog and horse types) make contact with the enemy on round one even when the enemy cleverly tries to stay back to not be touched by the sleep vines
