Uthden Troll
Creature — Troll
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #29106
Uthden Troll is a 2/2 regenerator for three mana that costs an additional R each time it blocks or is blocked — a stat line and tax that were borderline in 1993 and are firmly unplayable now. Regeneration without evasion, without entering-the-battlefield value, and at three mana is not a card modern Commander tables have room for.
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 |
Uthden Troll is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 2/2 for three with regeneration and no ETB effect does nothing at a table where opponents are generating value at every turn. Legacy and Vintage have access to the entire history of the game's most efficient creatures, so Uthden Troll never appears there either. Modern's creature bar starts at two-drops that demand an immediate answer — a vanilla-adjacent 2/2 doesn't meet it. This is a nostalgia card, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Uthden Troll sits in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect movement — there's no competitive home and no spike catalyst on the horizon.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.