Magic: The Gathering · Portal

Monstrous Growth

French name: Croissance démesurée (Flavor Text)

173CommonText variant

Monstrous Growth (Flavor Text) (Portal 173) has a market price of US$0.18 as of Nov 9, 2026.

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Card details

Type: Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{G}
Artist: Dan Frazier

Card text

Any one creature gets +4/+4 until the end of the turn.

Flavour text

Some cats are born fighters; others need a little persuading.

About this card

Monstrous Growth (Flavor Text) is card 173 in Portal, a Magic: The Gathering set released Jun 2, 1997. Rarity: Common. Illustrated by Dan Frazier. Reference market price on Nov 9, 2026: US$0.18. Over the last 30 days, the Normal price went up 12.5%. Source: TCGplayer market data via tcgcsv.com, updated daily. A reference price is not an offer.