Albino Troll
Creature — Troll
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1999
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #29090
Albino Troll is a 3/3 regenerator for two mana with an echo cost that either doubles your investment or trades a second two-mana payment for keeping a surprisingly durable body. The math only works if you intend to block or trade repeatedly — if the board isn't going wide and physical, the echo makes it overpriced vanilla.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Albino Troll is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and not much else. In Legacy and Vintage, a 3/3 regenerator with echo never competed — the format is too fast and the echo cost too punishing when you're trying to develop your board on turns two and three. Commander is where Albino Troll has the most plausible home: a troll-tribal or Golgari creature-heavy shell that wants cheap, resilient bodies can stomach the echo, and regeneration gives it real utility against wrath effects. Even there, the competition at two mana is stiff enough that Albino Troll is a budget filler pick rather than a deliberate inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Albino Troll sits firmly in bulk territory, which tracks with its narrow demand. The price is stable — there's no competitive pull to drive it up, and no reprint pressure to push it further down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.