---
name: "Explosive Growth"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "187"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "96c65faf-859c-4436-a551-5538409a9792"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/explosive-growth-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Explosive Growth
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gift of Growth](/printing/gift-of-growth-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Colossal Growth](/printing/colossal-growth-dmu.md) — Instant
3. [Might of Murasa](/printing/might-of-murasa-znr.md) — Instant
4. [Strength of the Coalition](/printing/strength-of-the-coalition-dmu.md) — Instant
5. [Swell of Growth](/printing/swell-of-growth-bfz.md) — Instant
6. [Growth Cycle](/printing/growth-cycle-m20.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #187
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`