Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 1

If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the colors of mana spent to pay those costs will count.

Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 2

Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.

Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 3

For each of the hybrid mana symbols in Wildgrowth Archaic's mana cost, you can choose to pay either {2} or {G}. If you choose to pay {2}, you can still use green mana to pay for one or both of the generic mana in that cost.

Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 4

If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.

Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 5

The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.

Wildgrowth Archaic — ruling 6

If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.

Wildgrowth Archaic : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Wildgrowth Archaic is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Reach, trample Converge — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it. Whenever you cast a creature spell, that creature enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast it.

How it works : Wildgrowth Archaic

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the colors of mana spent to pay those costs will count.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
For each of the hybrid mana symbols in Wildgrowth Archaic's mana cost, you can choose to pay either or . If you choose to pay , you can still use green mana to pay for one or both of the generic mana in that cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6March 20, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.
No other card is named in this ruling.