Trolls of Tel-Jilad
Creature — Troll Shaman
: Regenerate target green creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #25150
Trolls of Tel-Jilad gives you a regenerating 4/4 with protection from artifacts for five mana — a resilient blocker that laughs at Skullclamp and most artifact-based removal. The cost is that five mana for a vanilla-ish creature is a hard sell in a format full of five-drops that win games.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Trolls of Tel-Jilad finds its best home in Commander, specifically in green artifact-hate builds where protection from artifacts doubles as evasion against decks running Darksteel Colossus or Blightsteel Colossus as their win conditions. In Legacy and Vintage it has no realistic path to a slot — the rate is simply too far behind what those formats demand. Modern can theoretically support it as a sideboard answer to artifact-heavy strategies, but cheaper and more impactful options exist at every point on the curve. Commander is the only format where Trolls of Tel-Jilad earns a seat, and even there it needs a dedicated artifact-hate angle to justify the five-mana investment.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Trolls of Tel-Jilad is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in, unlikely to appreciate unless a Commander precon suddenly spotlights Mirrodin-plane artifact hate. Grab it for pennies if the slot fits; don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.