Sea Troll
Creature — Troll
: Regenerate this creature. Activate only if this creature blocked or was blocked by a blue creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30940
Sea Troll is a 2/1 regenerator that only gets its shield when you have another blue creature in play — a conditional survival clause stapled to an underpowered body. It sees essentially no competitive play because the payoff never justifies the slot.
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 |
Sea Troll is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 2/1 for three mana with a fragile regeneration condition is outclassed by virtually every other blue creature at the same cost. Legacy and Vintage have access to the full card pool, which means Sea Troll competes against some of the most efficient creatures ever printed — it doesn't make the cut. Oathbreaker offers no context where it becomes relevant either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sea Troll is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a dollar box and rarely leaves it. There's no demand driver on the horizon that would move this price, so treat it as a throwaway trade-in filler rather than a pickup.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.