Giant Growth
Ninth Edition 243 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 243
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Jim Murray
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Giant Growth has been a foundational element of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game since its debut in the Alpha set in 1993. As a core green spell, it established the 'pump spell' archetype, allowing players to temporarily boost a creature's power and toughness for a low mana cost. The Ninth Edition version, released in 2005, represents a period where Wizards of the Coast focused on consolidating the game's mechanics and aesthetic identity within the modern card frame, ensuring the spell remained accessible to both new and veteran players.
The artwork for this specific iteration features illustration by Glen Angus, a prolific artist who contributed extensively to the game during the early 2000s. Angus opted for a visceral, organic depiction of growth, focusing on the raw energy of nature that characterizes the green color identity. Upon its release in the Ninth Edition core set, the card was widely received as a definitive staple, praised for its clarity of design and its continued utility in limited and constructed formats.
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