First turn: You play 1 Forest and then Wild Growth. Second Turn: You play 1 Plains and then Overgrowth. Third Turn: You play any land and Mirari's Wake.
On 4th turn, you will have 11 manas. :) Then you can play any big fat green creature lol :) Also, you could use Rofellos.
There's a whole lot you could say about wild growth, especially its synergy with land untappers (arbor elf) and the fact that not many people run enchantment or land destruction. Unfortunately, it could also be said that any creature destruction your opponent is holding is just going to be directed at whatever creature you would play instead.
Anyway, it's great in enchantress decks. My yavimaya enchantress is usually attacking with 6 power on turn three thanks to this.
SuicidalTendancies
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
The one advantage this has over Birds that everyone is missing, is that if you play casual, 10 cents a card vs $4 a card is a big deal.
As a student who really likes to play, and has like 15 decks on the go all the time, this thing rocks for green.
Ideatog
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Or...
Turn 1: Forest, Wild Growth
Turn 2: Forest, any 1 drop creature, Earthcraft, then any number of 2 cmc or less creatures.
There are a lot more (and cheaper) ways to untap lands than creatures. And to do so repeatedly. Wild growth is a staple of infinite combos simply by making those land untappers give you more.
M@tttyZ
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
With Arbor Elf: T1: Forest, Arbor Elf T2: Forest, Wild Growth on other Forest, tap for , untap, tap again for . You now have three or four cards left to spend on. It you have Garruk, cast and untap again for .
Maybe the reason Wild Growth isn't in M10 or M11, as otherwise it's really flavorful and balanced.
djflo
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I'd probably prefer Utopia Sprawl, just because if you can already cast it you've got green and thus Utopia Sprawl wins on flexibility. Definitely a solid card though.
mtear
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This and Auras like it in Enchantment decks are beastly powerful. Gotta love Kor Spiritdancer or Argothian Enchantress. New players don't know what good decks are.
rareibis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You could get 5 playsets of Wild Growth for the same cost as one Birds of Paradise. That's what I call card advantage.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If they ever reprint this, you can be assured that it will be at a higher rarity. Or will be printed as something else with the same functionality but a higher cost. This kills in mono green.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ djflo: Utopia Sprawl is indeed excellent, but this can go on ANY land, not just a forest. They are flexible in different ways to multicolor decks, and play nearly identical in green decks.
I think you guys have failed to see the major bonus this has over BoP. After turn one, this card is free. BoP always costs one mana, and you have to wait a turn to use it.
Anzu-chan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't know why they don't reprint this anymore. This is perfectly fit in modern Magic.
We have Utopia Sprawl, why not that too?
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Disregarding the combos with untap lands, this thing is safer then llanowar elves and birds, and pays for itself other then on T1.
Trygon_Predator
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hear the music of the world a-turnin' Can't you hear the sweet sound of the world a-turnin'. If you stop, look, and listen, you can almost hear things grow; You can have music wherever you go.
Nowadays land destruction is restricted to just a random Acidic Slime very occasionally. And this is why Wild Growth would be too good to print today. Why play Elvish Mystic, when you could have the much less fragile (and in some cases, faster) version of it?
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Second Turn: You play 1 Plains and then Overgrowth.
Third Turn: You play any land and Mirari's Wake.
On 4th turn, you will have 11 manas. :)
Then you can play any big fat green creature lol :)
Also, you could use Rofellos.
Anyway, it's great in enchantress decks. My yavimaya enchantress is usually attacking with 6 power on turn three thanks to this.
As a student who really likes to play, and has like 15 decks on the go all the time, this thing rocks for green.
Turn 1: Forest, Wild Growth
Turn 2: Forest, any 1 drop creature, Earthcraft, then any number of 2 cmc or less creatures.
There are a lot more (and cheaper) ways to untap lands than creatures. And to do so repeatedly. Wild growth is a staple of infinite combos simply by making those land untappers give you more.
T1: Forest, Arbor Elf
T2: Forest, Wild Growth on other Forest, tap for
Maybe the reason Wild Growth isn't in M10 or M11, as otherwise it's really flavorful and balanced.
Utopia Sprawl is indeed excellent, but this can go on ANY land, not just a forest.
They are flexible in different ways to multicolor decks, and play nearly identical in green decks.
Why hasn't this been reprinted in over 10 years? We've seen overgrowth, fertile ground, and Utopia sprawl printed without anything from this guy.
We have Utopia Sprawl, why not that too?
Can't you hear the sweet sound of the world a-turnin'.
If you stop, look, and listen, you can almost hear things grow;
You can have music wherever you go.
Nowadays land destruction is restricted to just a random Acidic Slime very occasionally. And this is why Wild Growth would be too good to print today. Why play Elvish Mystic, when you could have the much less fragile (and in some cases, faster) version of it?