I miss Giant Growth, but this is still a great card. Vines of Vastwood was just bonkers.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(9/1/2012 5:16:50 AM)
Some people talk like attacking with untapped lands is a give-away. That's only true for new players. Experienced players don't play the game until the second main-phase most of the time (unless casting a lord, important removal, playing a land for yet-more-untapped mana.)
IMO, anyone I'm playing is used to the idea that untapped lands are as much of a bluff as they are an indicator. People bluff all the time because having 4 cards in your hand works. I'll gladly attack with a 2/2 into a 3/3 if I think i'll get 2 damage through. When they screw up I gain board advantage (if it wasn't a bluff) and if they let it through it's 2 damage. I often keep kill spells/bounce spells at the ready to save my creature, with only a few pumps in the deck.
Basically it was gonna get killed/bounced anyway, makes sense to attempt to get the damage in without doing it.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(4/23/2013 9:37:43 AM)
This card is best friends with Incinerate. A couple of actually good cards that have just been outshined by their predecessors. Lightning Bolt, Giant Growth and their ilk have spoiled us horribly and now nothing else will seem quite as good.
Posted By:
VirusVescichetta
(7/11/2012 9:32:33 PM)
Giant Growth is better, yes. But there's nothing not to like about +4/+4 for 1{G}. You people need some perspective. If Giant Growth is a 5, this is a 4.
Posted By:
Morgaledh
(8/24/2012 11:31:07 AM)
It's funny that this card sees heavy play in a tier 1.5 deck in standard format. The deck in question is infect for those that didn't know.
Posted By:
Zenzei
(8/11/2012 3:23:09 PM)
Bigger and badder, and always living in its little brother Giant Growth's shadow. I've always thought Giant Growth was a brilliantly designed card because it gave you both the possibility of dealing as much damage as Lightning Bolt as well as being able to take out an opponent's creature. Sure, it was never quite as powerful as 'the bolt', but it was good enough that it always filled out a Green deck nicely when needed. And then there's Titanic Growth... And then there's Titanic Growth...
Sigh.
Posted By:
Eternal_Blue
(7/10/2012 12:21:55 AM)
I'd rather have Giant Growth, but this will have to do. I feel the same way about Searing Spear and Lightning Bolt.
Posted By:
rollinsclone
(8/17/2012 10:14:24 AM)
People are really underrating this card. It's not a 5/5 for every deck, but it is very playable. :)
Posted By:
nopemx6
(8/22/2012 12:46:23 AM)
Rating 4/5.
I'd still prefer to see Vines of Vastwood reprinted, but getting an instant +4/+4 for 
is great. Enough of these on a creature that sneaks by to an opponent's dome puts you that much closer to victory. And if there's a creature w/ an ability giving you problems and a creature of yours happens to match up during combat, you gain tempo by using this and killing their creature.
@Ferlord:
Have you had a 4/4 Flying, Vigilance creature attacking you when you have a giant spider able to easily block and kill it, when all of the sudden, they play that?
If someone's attacking me with an inferior creature and untapped lands when I have a superior creature out on the board, it immediately raises a flag. It's obvious that there's a combat trick on the way and maybe a 5-10% chance he's pulling a bluff. Even a beginner knows not to attack when your creature can't win, so it should raise a flag immediately.
Either way, it still may have been the best... (see all)
Posted By:
AMart83
(7/24/2012 5:55:57 AM)
@TimmyForever:
Have you played a draft before?
Have you had a 4/4 Flying, Vigilance creature attacking you when you have a giant spider able to easily block and kill it, when all of the sudden, they play that?
In Limited, Titanic Growth is the tits nipples. It's Green's version of a situational kill spell.
Posted By:
Ferlord
(7/6/2012 4:52:01 PM)