going between lorwyn and alara, this is the only hideaway/creature still playable
W: swing with 3, attackers have lifelink U: mill, big creature B: empty hands, damage for empty hands R: deal 7, discard then draw G: 10+ power, can make 25/25 creature
W is good with a white weanie deck but in alara, the white shard, bant is all about swinging with 1, not 3 U is great in a mill deck, although the creature could be better, the blue shard, esper is about artifacts B is good, if you got lliana, but really, you have to empty your hand too, plus, Grixis is about killing creatures, not discarding R is 7 damage, easy with a red burn, but the only link with Jund is the creature is another dragon, no synergy G is awesome, need 10 power, ok, we just need 2 naya gargantuans, ok, so we need 10 to tap so mossbridge troll is a 25/25, again, just 2 gargantuans needed
ratchet1215
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(14 votes)
Pretty sure this is the longest activated ability cost of all time, as well as the biggest single stat increase ever written on a card. I thought it was a typo the first time I read it.
Xpodmaniac
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(8 votes)
I had a thought. If it can regenerate at any time it would be destroyed, imagine using this with Doomgape. Sacrifice Mossbridge, gain 5 life, he regenerates, attack with Doomgape, and if you get just 1 other creature on the board, you can sacrifice that instead, tap Doomgape, and let loose a 25/25 powerhouse. Talk about broken!
ScissorsLizard
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
@Xpodmaniac: If you sacrifice a creature, it can't regenerate. It's just dead.
Elfie
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(5 votes)
it is an ok card, but 25/25 no trample! this card sucks without trample
Mayael's Aria + this + Naya's 5/Xers, just straight up good. Nice combo that you don't have to base your whole deck around, can play straight up beatdown if they screw up the combo.
KrosanGardener
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(10 votes)
the major flaw is that if you have 15 power worth of creatures, you are probably winning anyway.
Jokergius
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(5 votes)
And then comes a one white mana-colored card to ruin your day...(Path To Exile) Oh bugger...
P-Slice
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(6 votes)
The difference between creatures worth 15 power and a 25/25 is that players have 20 life (at least to start out with).
Try this with Mage Slayer or Colossal Might or both.
Donovan_Fabian
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
Part of the issue here is actually the mana cost, the card is pretty awesome in general respects, but the 7 mana means you aren't likely playing this before an opponent can remove it. The regeneration is both good and a drawback, because your opponent can force tap it by hitting with a burn spell. You could tap out 2 creatures to give it the 20/20 and they just use an unmake or a path to exile, and its still vulnerable to anything that says creature can't regenerate like terminate and terror. Possibly best strategy is soul's fire, and then only tap out your other creatures when you can hit the soul's fire for 25 and win the game. Whispersilk cloak or protective bubble also wouldn't hurt.
@xpod sacrifice is not a destroy effect, it still dies.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(11 votes)
This Is Easy A 4.5 At Least Its Pretty Much Indestructible For 1 Mana More Cuz A Vanilla 5/5 Is 6 Mana The Second Ability Is Whatever And For The LOLzz, But Also The Art Is Very Impressive
Genericprey
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is excellent. its not that hard to give a creature trample. with the new power five or greater cards from shards of Alara, you'd have quit a few cheap 5/5, maybe second or third turn, then sacellum godspeaker to get him out. A Phyrexian Dreadnought based deck. Idk. I'd give it 4/5
CatsAreCthala
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Hilarious card/
KiDroboto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card plus Shield of the Oversoul made me win a game and had my opponent staring in disbelief. :D
Ratoly
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@xpodmaniac: at which point you get DQed for not understanding the *** rules!
getz19
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's auto-regenerate ability makes it a formidable creature already even if his second ability is not used at all. Pair him with a Godsire for easy power-up.
Gilder_Bairn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Elvish piper to get this guy out on turn 4, play phyrexian dreadnaught next turn, and before phyrexian dreadnaught has a chance to die, use this guy's ability to tap him and give this guy +20/+20. Then throw on a Berserk just for good measure; turn 5 50/50 trampler is nothing to scoff at.
Al0so, it won't die because Berserk specifically says destroy, not sacrifice, so he just regenerates. Not that it matters, the whole 50/50 trampler should win long before you need to worry about that.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
How does this work with -x/-x effects? It would go to the graveyard as a state-based effect, right?
Conceptually, I'm having a hard time imagining how a troll can easily win in hand-to-hand combat against Emrakul, The Aeons Torn... lol
FiveColorFinder
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@KrosanGardener: So the main problem is that you're winning too much? That earns him a point in my book. My major problem is that he's pretty hefty, at 7 mana. I'll give him 4/5
RJ.693
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Just when those damn goats were getting out of hand...
land_comment
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Aha! Perfect use for this. If your opponent has Isochron Sceptered a Fog or something like that, just Fling this.
Trust me, this works.
Psuedonaut
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I was wondering what to do with my Berserk. I'll put it on my 25/25 making it a 50/25 with trample, and regenerated so it doesn't die at the end of the turn. Now, how to get that 10 power....
umm...
No kill like rampage-double-over-kill!
K9black
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For some real fun - activate him to 25/25 then Momentous Fall
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(9 votes)
Slimer looks extremely perturbed.
__Silence__
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I tap 20 of my 1/1 soldier tokens and play rancor on mossbridge troll... you said you were at 20 right?
Sutebe
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(16 votes)
I see this guy in forums at times. No matter what they do to try and destroy him, he just regenerates and goes at it again.
Bowshewicz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A quick question about this card:
If he would be destroyed, instead you regnerate him. Regeneration means that if the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead you tap it, remove any damage marked, and remove it from combat.
Since two replacement effects are trying to replace the same thing, I believe you get to choose which one actually occurs. If all that is correct, a destroyed Mossbridge Troll would never need to be tapped, you simply give him more (redundant in the most recent ruleset, I think) instances of a regeneration shield.
Is all that correct, or am I interpreting this the wrong way?
ScepterofEternities
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Yet another instance where I love Putrefy.
And I love how a troll is the most powerful creature in the game (when his ability resolves, and assuming that you haven't been boosting a creature).
OmegaSerris
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Dies to Doo... er Dies to Dismemb... uh Dies to Day of Judge... Nevermind.
You can make him vomit up a Beast Within as well to get your power 10 count.
kabal363
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It dies to cancel which really sucks. God i hate blue.
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(16 votes)
"This enters-play limitation sucks! How can we possibly make use of Phyrexian Dreadnought before it's sacrificed?"
Note the missing "instead" in the rules text. It doesn't replace the destruction with regeneration, it just regenerates it before it gets destroyed.
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With your powers combined, I am Captain.. I am Captain..! I'll kill Emrakul b**ch!
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
with the new double-faced cards, I hope they make a bridge (a land) that actually transforms into a troll!
Splizer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I've been playing MTG for a year and a half now and I just found out about this card.
My reaction: WHAT THE **** IS THAT THING!?!?!?!?!?
I'm not sure there is another creature card in Magic that has a built-in +20/+20 bonus on it. I say Rancor for giggles, seeing as neither of them ever freaking die.
hot damn, I want this card. the auto regen is enough in cost alone, but with the power up, you basically turn this troll into a OHKO machine.
Even without trample, this guy is still a threat. luckily. he can't really be killed by conventional means, but he still requires protection, like against -1/-1 counters, incinerate, and regen-kill cards.
A great card netherless. 5/5.
Kyrthain
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I've looked at this card lots of times, and I've been so fixated on the +20/+20 ability that I never even noticed that this thing is nearly indestructible
That was the good old time when this kind of cards was in preconstruct !!!
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So basically its indestructible, but your opponent can use his doom blade to tap it, and terror still destroys it.
ZestuXIII
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Maybe I'm the only one, but this brings back memories of Tenacious D. I AM COMPLETE! FuuuuuuUUUUUU~ Yeah. But seriously, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord always has one of these as a back-up.
Continue
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
+20/+20? Mother of shit. And I'm loving the pseudo-indestructible this guy has.
AllOfTheSpells
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Is 0 not a number?
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's trolling because it automatically regenerates.
Oddly offensive card for G/W vigilance decks. Induces all your monsters to attack and then tap to pump the troll. Wrks great in G/W too because of all the good auras in that color (many of them trample or lifelink inducing) Can you imagine pollenbright wings attached to this guy?
He has application in many colors but I think G/W is most synergistic especially since a lot of white board sweeps dont do anything about regeneration.
Fightohydra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think it's no accident that this guy looks basically exactly like the little dude on fling. Which means whatever's flinging him is @#$%ing massive. All in all, this is one of my favorite cards of all time. Cards like this are the reason I started magic in the first place. It's just so much fun.
Vastator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Holy Moses! I can't even get my creatures up that high, and my deck is purpose built for it. I got to have this with all the graft and the big stuff I'm running. I will be unstoppable! Muahahahahahahahahahaha......
Arachnos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Emrakul: "Miserable mortals, this world is naught but fodder to me! I tear the fabric of reality like paper! Time itself cowers at my presence! Your fate is sealed! I AM A GOD!"
Mossbridge Troll: *Hulk Smashes Emrakul all over the place* ...puny God.
zenitramleirdag
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
wow! this excites the timmy in me..
blurrymadness
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is quite literally about as timmy as it gets. It's hard to see a 25/25 (the biggest non-dynamic stats in the game) and be all "Meh, I've seen bigger.."
No you haven't.
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He'll eat the f*&% out of those billy goats.
adolphus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Talshor - no need for Thor's hammer @Tjolgtjar - HULK SMASH!!! I just have to believe that this card pays homage to the Incredible Hulk now if they have one for Cyclops, that would make my day.
Mossbridge has so much going for it. Can't really build around it as an effective centrepiece, but it makes a nice addition to any deck that can afford to cast it. Very resilient. Trolls rule. 5/5
Zetan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Salient: Funny you should mention Phyrexian Dreadnought, I think they can actually combo off each-other to get the dreadnought to stick. Dreadnought enters play, his trigger goes on the stack. Tap him, make Mossbridge Troll a 25/25. Dreadnought's trigger resolves, sac Mossbridge Troll (who now has power much higher than 12). Does that work?
It's not the cheapest way to get a Dreadnought to stay in play, but it's not bad.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What a weird card. I can't see this card being abuse-able.
toXicus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
People, people: why are we ignoring the fact that his ability can trigger multiple times? 25/25 isn't his upper limit. Get 20 power worth of creatures and make him a 45/45. Get 40 power and make him 85/85. There's no overkill like beating face with a monster that pumped itself to be more powerful than all the Gods, Avatars and Eldrazi put together!
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@can2n
Abusing Mossbridge Troll is pretty simple. Cast it, then cast Day of Judgement. The troll will regenerate (and, if you built your deck right, so will many of your other creatures), but your opponent's creatures are dead. Attack.
SkyknightXi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Let's see...This, Dragon Blood or the like, Commander Experiment Kraj, and some way to make Kraj elusive...(Don't expect to stay out of the other players' crosshairs afterwards.)
Comments (71)
W: swing with 3, attackers have lifelink
U: mill, big creature
B: empty hands, damage for empty hands
R: deal 7, discard then draw
G: 10+ power, can make 25/25 creature
W is good with a white weanie deck but in alara, the white shard, bant is all about swinging with 1, not 3
U is great in a mill deck, although the creature could be better, the blue shard, esper is about artifacts
B is good, if you got lliana, but really, you have to empty your hand too, plus, Grixis is about killing creatures, not discarding
R is 7 damage, easy with a red burn, but the only link with Jund is the creature is another dragon, no synergy
G is awesome, need 10 power, ok, we just need 2 naya gargantuans, ok, so we need 10 to tap so mossbridge troll is a 25/25, again, just 2 gargantuans needed
If you sacrifice a creature, it can't regenerate. It's just dead.
I mean... Damn
Try this with Mage Slayer or Colossal Might or both.
@xpod sacrifice is not a destroy effect, it still dies.
Al0so, it won't die because Berserk specifically says destroy, not sacrifice, so he just regenerates. Not that it matters, the whole 50/50 trampler should win long before you need to worry about that.
Hard to get rid of (eat it, Doom Blade!), and it has a situational, yet game winning, ability.
I love it!
hollowborn barghest for howltooth hollow.
isleback spawn for shelldock isle.
knollspine dragon for spinerock knoll.
mossbridge troll for mosswort bridge.
windbrisk raptor for windbrisk heights.
Trust me, this works.
umm...
No kill like rampage-double-over-kill!
If he would be destroyed, instead you regnerate him. Regeneration means that if the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead you tap it, remove any damage marked, and remove it from combat.
Since two replacement effects are trying to replace the same thing, I believe you get to choose which one actually occurs. If all that is correct, a destroyed Mossbridge Troll would never need to be tapped, you simply give him more (redundant in the most recent ruleset, I think) instances of a regeneration shield.
Is all that correct, or am I interpreting this the wrong way?
And I love how a troll is the most powerful creature in the game (when his ability resolves, and assuming that you haven't been boosting a creature).
Dies to Dismemb... uh
Dies to Day of Judge... Nevermind.
You can make him vomit up a Beast Within as well to get your power 10 count.
Mossbridge Troll: EVERYBODY STEP BACK. I GOT THIS
"But without trample, how ar--"
Fling: I GOT YOUR BACK BRO
Best used together with Fling, Whispersilk Cloak or trample
Note the missing "instead" in the rules text. It doesn't replace the destruction with regeneration, it just regenerates it before it gets destroyed.
My reaction: WHAT THE **** IS THAT THING!?!?!?!?!?
I'm not sure there is another creature card in Magic that has a built-in +20/+20 bonus on it. I say Rancor for giggles, seeing as neither of them ever freaking die.
Hollowborn Barghest >> Howltooth Hollow
Mossbridge Troll >> Mosswort Bridge
Knollspine Dragon >> Spinerock Knoll
Windbrisk Raptor >> Windbrisk Heights
Even without trample, this guy is still a threat. luckily. he can't really be killed by conventional means, but he still requires protection, like against -1/-1 counters, incinerate, and regen-kill cards.
A great card netherless. 5/5.
I AM COMPLETE!
FuuuuuuUUUUUU~
Yeah. But seriously, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord always has one of these as a back-up.
Just throw that ugly troll at them for 100 :)
He has application in many colors but I think G/W is most synergistic especially since a lot of white board sweeps dont do anything about regeneration.
I can't even get my creatures up that high, and my deck is purpose built for it. I got to have this with all the graft and the big stuff I'm running.
I will be unstoppable!
Muahahahahahahahahahaha......
Mossbridge Troll: *Hulk Smashes Emrakul all over the place* ...puny God.
this excites the timmy in me..
No you haven't.
@Tjolgtjar - HULK SMASH!!!
I just have to believe that this card pays homage to the Incredible Hulk
now if they have one for Cyclops, that would make my day.
It's not the cheapest way to get a Dreadnought to stay in play, but it's not bad.
Abusing Mossbridge Troll is pretty simple. Cast it, then cast Day of Judgement. The troll will regenerate (and, if you built your deck right, so will many of your other creatures), but your opponent's creatures are dead. Attack.