Monstrous Growth
Starter 2000 41 • common
- Set
- Starter 2000
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Una Fricker
- Market price
- $0.50
What it does
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
The nightstalkers' little game of tease-the-squirrel suddenly took an unexpected turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Monstrous Growth first appeared in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a foundational green spell that exemplifies the color's philosophy of raw, natural expansion. The card was included in the Starter 2000 set as part of Wizards of the Coast's effort to provide an accessible, streamlined entry point for new players. By reprinting staple commons from the game's history, the set aimed to ground the rapidly expanding card pool in the classic mechanics that defined the game's early identity.
The illustration for the Starter 2000 version of Monstrous Growth maintains the aesthetic established in the game's nascent years, focusing on the vivid, often surreal depiction of magical enhancement. This iteration of the card was intended to be visually clear for novices, stripping away complex frame variants to emphasize the card's function as a straightforward pump spell. It was received as a reliable, if unremarkable, utility card that reinforced the importance of power and toughness modification in the green color pie.
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