---
name: "Growth Spiral"
mana_cost: "{G}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "178"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "34bcc217-dd91-45a0-90d7-a94d02f1f317"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/growth-spiral-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Growth Spiral
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Swell of Growth](/printing/swell-of-growth-bfz.md) — Instant
2. [Explore](/printing/explore-tle.md) — Sorcery
3. [Eureka Moment](/printing/eureka-moment-soc.md) — Instant
4. [Rampant Growth](/printing/rampant-growth-tdc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Growth Spasm](/printing/growth-spasm-mic.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lessons from Life](/printing/lessons-from-life-tmt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #178
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-01-25)* Growth Spiral's effect doesn't count as playing a land. It can put a land card onto the battlefield even if it's not your turn or if you've already played your land for the turn.