Explosive Growth
Instant
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25315
Explosive Growth pumps a creature +4/+4 until end of turn for a single green mana at instant speed — that's a meaningful power boost that wins combats, enables surprise lethal, or saves a key creature from a burn spell. It's a narrow combat trick with no lasting board impact, which makes it a fringe inclusion outside dedicated strategies.
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 |
In Commander, Explosive Growth is too situational to justify a slot — the format's politics and board complexity mean a one-shot +4/+4 rarely changes a game the way a permanent pump or protection spell would. Pauper is where Explosive Growth has the most realistic home, slotting into aggressive green stompy lists that need cheap combat tricks to push through damage or survive a trade. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly more powerful options at the same cost, so it doesn't show up in those formats in practice. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's structural demands that the same critique applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Explosive Growth is pure bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects its narrow role accurately, so there's no meaningful gap between value and cost here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.