Sundering Growth

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Sundering Growth: Instant, Commander 2019. Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{G/W}{G/W}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Rarity
Common
Set
Commander 2019 (C19)
Released
2019-08-23
Collector number
203
Artist
David Palumbo
Keywords
Populate

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About Sundering Growth

Sundering Growth is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white and green instant from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 203 in that set, with art by David Palumbo. It costs {G/W}{G/W} to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to Marvel Universe (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"One day every pillar will be a tree and every hall a glade." -Trostani

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (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 Sundering Growth by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Sundering Growth

Sundering Growth has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C19-203Common2026
Marvel Universe (MAR) #95Mythic2026
GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #120Common2018
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #211Common2017
Return to Ravnica (RTR) #223Common2012

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Sundering Growth, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • You must target an artifact or enchantment to cast Sundering Growth. If that artifact or enchantment is an illegal target when Sundering Growth tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't populate.

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