Titan's Strength gives you an awful lot of value
packed into a single one-mana instant. It may
not dominate both sides of combat to the extent
that Giant Growth does, but it makes up for that
with by making their throwaway tokens useless by
granting trample. Besides, adding three power to
any creature is usually enough to ensure a
favorable trade at any point in the game. It's
getting to scry, though, that really makes this
card worth playing. Aggressive red decks have
spent most of Magic's history having to live
blind off the top of their deck, even in most of
their successful periods. Aggressive red decks
that can filter card quality are truly something
to be feared.
The number five card of the year is Titan's
Strength which is a one mana Red instant that
gives target creature +3/+1 and you Scry 1. For
Red this is generally as effective as a Giant
Growth and naturally benefits
from being combined with combat effects like
First Strike. This will
usually be as effective as a Lightning Bolt with
the addition of Scry which makes the only
minimal drawback being needing a creature and
not facing a threat too big to destroy. Overall
a combat trick that should see a large number of
slots across current formats in aggro builds.
In Limited this is a great card to have in
multiples and all copies should be played in
Sealed whenever running or splashing Red.
In Booster this can be a very early pick after a
Red rare as it almost always has value either
offensively or defensively as well as improving
the odds on your next draw.
