Growing Ranks
Growing Ranks: Enchantment, Commander 2019. At the beginning of your upkeep, populate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G/W}{G/W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- White and green (WG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2019 (C19)
- Released
- 2019-08-23
- Collector number
- 193
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Keywords
- Populate
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About Growing Ranks
Growing Ranks is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and green enchantment from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 193 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {2}{G/W}{G/W} to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
"We will grow an army large enough to withstand the Izzet's madness." -Trostani
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.57 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Growing Ranks by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Growing Ranks
Growing Ranks has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2444 | Rare | 2026 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #308 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #113 | Rare | 2018 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) #217 | Rare | 2012 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Growing Ranks, newest first.
- The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
- If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
- The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
- Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
- If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
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