Sundering Growth
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- GRN Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #2574
Sundering Growth destroys an artifact or enchantment and populates — two meaningful board effects stapled to a two-mana instant. In any deck that makes tokens, this is a strict upgrade over Disenchant, and Ghired, Conclave Exile running it at an 80% clip confirms the verdict.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile is built around populating powerful tokens, so Sundering Growth's removal is essentially free — you're paying two mana to answer a threat and copy whatever your best creature token already is.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice gains life off every token that enters, so the populate trigger from Sundering Growth isn't just board presence — it's another life-gain event on top of removing a problem permanent.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor cares about filling the board with Golem tokens, so Sundering Growth slots in as removal that advances the token count rather than trading tempo for it.
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds copies spells when creatures attack, and a wide token board is how that engine fires — Sundering Growth keeps the board clear while adding to the creature count that makes the whole strategy work.
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Atla Palani, Nest Tender runs Egg tokens as the core mechanism, and Sundering Growth's populate can copy an Egg to create another free creature cheat — removal that doubles as an engine piece is exactly what this shell wants.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the obvious home for Sundering Growth — the format is saturated with artifacts and enchantments worth destroying, and any token strategy gets the populate trigger for free. In Pauper, it's a legitimate maindeck option in Selesnya token lists where the effect is real and the cost is low enough to cast on the opponent's turn. Modern and Pioneer have faster clocks and higher-efficiency removal, so Sundering Growth mostly sits in sideboards at best, and even there Disenchant or Wear // Tear often edge it out on flexibility. Legacy and Vintage don't lack for two-mana answers, and the populate rider rarely matters in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Sundering Growth is bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or common box. Bulk commons with genuine utility tend to stay at this price floor indefinitely, so there's no urgency to acquire multiples beyond what you need right now.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.