Growth Spasm
Rise of the Eldrazi 186 • common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Collector number
- 186
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add colorless mana."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Growth Spasm was released in 2010 as part of the Rise of the Eldrazi set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set served as the climactic conclusion to the three-part Zendikar block, designed by Wizards of the Coast to introduce players to the Eldrazi—ancient, cosmic entities of immense scale and power. The card was created to provide support for the set's unique ramp mechanics, allowing players to accelerate their mana production by creating Eldrazi Spawn tokens, which could then be sacrificed to fuel the casting of the set's signature high-cost, world-ending creatures.
The card was illustrated by the artist Daarken, known for his dark and visceral aesthetic. His work on this piece captures the chaotic, biological evolution associated with the Eldrazi brood, emphasizing the grotesque and alien nature of the spawn emergence. Upon its release, the card was well-received by the competitive community as a functional utility piece in Limited formats, praised for its efficiency in bridging the early and late game phases during the block's uniquely slow and strategic draft environment.
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