Explosive Growth
~$0.07 low · ~$0.45 high
Green. Instant
Invasion #187 · Illustrated by Arnie Swekel
Invasion #187 · Illustrated by Arnie SwekelWhat is Explosive Growth worth?
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Oracle text
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.
Format legality
The only printing of Explosive Growth
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Invasion inv #187· 2000common· Cardmarket €0.10 · €1.09 foil | common | $0.07 | $0.45 | €0.10€1.09 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2000
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #26,587 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Kicker
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Invasion card (#187).
187
- 187Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Explosive Growth, read from the Invasion printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Explosive Growth. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Illustration
- By Arnie Swekel. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Invasion. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 187 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- KickerCR 702.33
- An optional extra cost you can pay when you cast it, for a bigger effect.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (6)
2024-11-08
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
2024-11-08
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
2024-11-08
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
2024-11-08
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
2024-11-08
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
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