Harvester Troll
Creature — Troll
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature or land. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28721
Harvester Troll is a sizeable body that grows by sacrificing other creatures or tokens you control, giving it a payoff ceiling that scales with how many bodies you can throw at it. The cost is real — you're trading resources to pump a single creature that still dies to any removal spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Harvester Troll sits at the low end of playability across every format it's legal in. In Commander, it finds a home in token-heavy or sacrifice-themed decks where fodder is abundant, but it competes with a deep bench of better payoffs at similar mana costs. In Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana creature that requires additional investment to become threatening simply doesn't clear the bar — the formats move too fast. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely. Harvester Troll is a Commander-only proposition, and even there it's a fringe inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Harvester Troll is deep bulk — a card you pull from a common box rather than purchase. There's no price floor to protect here; it holds value only as long as it stays unprinted, which is not a reason to acquire copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.