Divergent Growth
Instant
Until end of turn, lands you control gain "
: Add one mana of any color."
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #25808
Divergent Growth puts two basic lands onto the battlefield tapped — one per color among your opponents' commanders — for two mana, making it a ramp spell that scales directly with how many colors are sitting across the table. In a four-player Commander pod with diverse commanders, two lands for two mana is exceptional value; in a 1v1 or mono-colored meta it can miss entirely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Divergent Growth is a Commander card in every meaningful sense — its trigger counts opponents' commander colors, and you need multiple opponents to reliably fetch two lands. In a typical four-player pod you'll almost always hit two basics, making this competitive with Rampant Growth for a deck that can use the color diversity. Legacy and Vintage are legal but offer no interest; two-mana sorcery ramp doesn't compete there. Pauper and Oathbreaker are legal, but Oathbreaker's 1v1 structure limits the ceiling to one land most games.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Divergent Growth sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a bulk bin without thinking twice. Bulk ramp spells rarely appreciate unless a commander is printed that makes them a staple, so don't expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.