Oil-Gorger Troll
Creature — Phyrexian Troll Warrior
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. Then if you control a permanent with an oil counter on it, draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #23503
Oil-Gorger Troll enters as a 5/4 trample for four mana and gains lifelink as long as you control an artifact or enchantment — a stat line that punches above its cost in any shell that already leans on those permanent types. It's a clean, no-nonsense threat that rewards decks already doing their thing rather than asking for any extra setup.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Oil-Gorger Troll fits naturally into green artifact or enchantment decks as a midrange body that incidentally gains lifelink — the kind of card that doesn't demand a slot but earns it in the right shell. In Pauper, a 5/4 trample for four at common is genuinely competitive, and artifact-heavy Pauper lists can reliably switch on the lifelink, making Oil-Gorger Troll a real consideration there. Modern and Pioneer have enough four-drop competition that it rarely makes the cut outside of budget or casual builds. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all — the power ceiling is too low for those formats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Oil-Gorger Troll is deep bulk — you're paying basically nothing for a card that over-delivers on stats for its cost. Bulk rares and commons at this price floor don't move unless a format breaks them, so treat it as a free pickup when you need the effect, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.