Horned Troll
Mercadian Masques 251 • common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 251
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
green mana: Regenerate this creature.
"If I says it's a troll, it's a troll. Goblins is always right in Mercadia."— Squee
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Horned Troll was released in October 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was unique for its thematic shift toward a mercantilist, urban setting on the plane of Mercadia, departing from the high-fantasy tropes of previous sets. The card was designed as a common-rarity creature to provide a sturdy defensive option for players using the green color alignment, emphasizing the game's mechanics of regeneration to create board stability.
The artwork was illustrated by Terese Nielsen, a prominent artist in the early history of the game. Nielsen employed her signature expressive style to render the troll, focusing on a balance between the creature's formidable, primal nature and the specific aesthetic requirements of the Mercadian Masques art direction. Upon its release, the card was well-received by the player base for its reliability in limited formats, cementing its place in the long-running history of the game's creature roster.
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