Loathsome Troll
Creature — Troll
: Roll a d20. Activate only if this card is in your graveyard.
1—9 | Put this card on top of your library.
10—19 | Return this card to your hand.
20 | Return this card to the battlefield tapped.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #21160
Loathsome Troll is a resilient, self-recurring threat that keeps coming back unless opponents pay a consistent tax — solid floor, no ceiling. The cost is a high base mana investment for what is ultimately a vanilla-stats beater outside of specific synergy shells.
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 |
In Commander, Loathsome Troll earns a slot in green creature-value decks that want bodies in the graveyard or recursive fodder for sacrifice engines — it never truly dies without active effort from opponents. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more efficient threats, so Loathsome Troll doesn't crack those formats competitively. Legacy and Vintage move at a speed where a multi-mana troll with no immediate impact is simply too slow to matter. It's a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it wants a specific home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Loathsome Troll is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. Don't expect that price to move; it's a niche role-player with no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.