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Golgari Grave-Troll

Multiverse ID: 88960

Golgari Grave-Troll

Comments (26)

SavageBrain89
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (16 votes)
Its powerful. Its nearly unkillable. It dredges. It belongs to one of the coolest guilds of Ravnica. And its a skeleton Troll. How could this guy become any more superior than he already is? (aside from having trample or fear or something).
DonRoyale
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (14 votes)
It's a hilarious shame that, out of all those lines of text, all the effort put into designing something like this, only six letters and a number are what make people play this card.
Dregrage
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (9 votes)
To HairlessThoctar: this dead guy actually has the ability to regenerate, at cost of +1\+1 counters.
nibelheim_valesti
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (8 votes)
I love everything else about this card. I hate the stupid dayglo pink art so much that I cannot play it.

And what's worse is it's so block specific that it'll probably never be reprinted with alt art.
Duskdale_Wurm
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0) (3 votes)
BROKEN. XD.
Sanguimaru
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (6 votes)
I instigate your misfortune, with the birth of killing trolls.
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (5 votes)
TRROOOOOLLLLL! In the dungeon! Troll in the dungeon!!!
Thought you ought to know...
Aun
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (7 votes)
or having a better art...
Stray_Dog
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (8 votes)
Man that art hurts my eyes!

Note: Black instead of 1 would have been more flavour-appropriate for this Golgari-aligned card, and wouldn't really impact on its brokenness.
Superllama12
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
Lurv it how it fuels itselv whenever it dredges
Maniac_Zombie
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (8 votes)
Mt 21/21 Golgari Grave-Troll laughs at your Marit Lage. I'm not sure if one can truly know the power of this card until played and/or watching a competent player. I'm actually surprised that it isn't unjustly rated lower out of ignorance.

Your Marit Lage, in rebutable, laughs at my 21/21 Golgari Grave-Troll because of its janky artwork.

Pink? Rly? WTB Reprint w/ new art plzkthx.
Gabriel422
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (8 votes)
Yup, at least competitively speaking - this would've seen lots of play even if it was a Darksteel Relic with Dredge 6 for 4G.
BegleOne
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I kinda like the art. Pretty cool skeleton troll.

Banned in Modern. They didn't even want to SEE dredge dominate before banning it.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
it's a skeleton troll! why doesn't he have two instances of regeneration? :)
Goatllama
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (20 votes)
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nope.avi
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (6 votes)
HAHAHAHA
you people actually cast golgari grave troll why
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
The very recent Splinterfright from Innistrad is resemblent of this guy. I think I like Splinter even better despite his lack of abilities when compared to this guy b/c of his casting cost and even more than that, his ability to fill a graveyard, FAST. That has magnificent synergy with so many of the cards from most of the latest expansions. The dredge on this guy and regen is awesome and counters are almost always fun, but for me personally, I'd pick Splinterfright over him and when it's all said and done, I think most would agree on that. It's still early but I think he's going to be just BRUTAL.
Trygon_Predator
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (4 votes)
Don't see what's the problem with the art. It's a deathly gray troll skeleton in the hues of the setting sun. What's not to like?
Monstrous in dredge decks, obviously. And that Dredge 6 means it just gets bigger every time it returns to the battlefield.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Duel Decks: Izzet Versus Golgari ANNOUNCED!

My Prediction

"Dear Players- sorry about that crappy Mythic in the Coalition Deck. Reprinting Negator wasn't an excuse. Have a Niv-Mizzet AND a Golgari Grave-Troll with new arts, neither of which are pink. We still aren't bringing back the Leet-speak flavortext, FTV: Dragons fits the image we want to give more. Sorry but we have our limits."- Wizards of the Coast
AvatarofBro
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (5 votes)
I like to imagine the first 3/4 of this card being read in the parent's voice from Peanuts; just a strange, muted trumpet sound until we get to "Dredge 6".
Diamondragan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
RETURN TO RAVNICA!
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (4 votes)
How this is seen through the dredge player's vision...

Golgari Grave-Troll 4Green

Creature-Skeleton Troll

Dredge 6
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Totema
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
With Scavenge, RtR's new mechanic for Golgari, this guy just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.
snickerpuss
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (2 votes)
This card is very powerful, but why did the artist make the monster look like sesame street?
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The abilities interact with eachother very nicely, and that dredge 6 when he is built to want a huge graveyard full of creatures.
Kodanshi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lord_of_Gelectrodes: Wait a minute, you notice the Troll’s casting cost?!