People ranted and raved about this one when it
was in Selecting 10th Edition. And for good
reason; this thing is almost impossible to kill.
Your opponent can barely touch it, but you can
load it up with Blanchwood Armor, Moldervine
Cloak, or whatever else you want and swing
through. I expect green aggro, and even green
control, to get a lot of use out of this.
Constructed- 4
Casual- 3.5
Limited- 4
Aethereal
Monday - Troll
Ascetic
I was very surprised to see this in the voting
for Tenth Edition, because as far as power level
goes, it was a no-brainer pick over Ravenous
Baloth and Erhnam Djinn. Power equal to casting
cost, untargetable only by opponents, and
regenerates for 2...how is this card bad? This
guy has already shown up in MGA and will
continue to be a staple 4-of in every MGA deck
for the next two years, among other decks with a
heavy enough green component to support this
guy.
He's great in limited too, as he's tough to
kill; his only real flaw is the double green.
Constructed - 4
Casual - 4
Limited - 4
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Troll Ascetic
I remember when this was first voted into the
Tenth Edition and everyone was terrified of a
Standard format full of degenerate aggro decks.
Then they printed Damnation and removed all the
best aggro creatures. It just goes to show that
appearances can be deceiving. Part of the reason
is that Troll Ascetic isn't quite as good or as
unbeatable as people often think it is, and
there are quite a few answers to it even before
you leave the Core Set. It also has no evasive
abilities, meaning that a single Saproling
generator trumps it on the attack. Make no
mistake, though, the Troll is still very good,
and if you get one in a limited tournament I
wouldn't be too surprised if none of your
opponents ever manage to remove it.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 5/5
Linc
Troll Ascetic
Put the warhammer on this guy and you have
game. This is the best 3/3 for 3 in green in
the game. He may suffer without the Jitte in
standard constructed, but in all other formats,
this guy is a must. I think he will still see
plenty of play. I had him in my seedborn muse
deck. Once the warhammer was on him, I was
almost always guaranteed a good amount of time
in the game.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Pschoanime
Troll Asectic
(1GG)
Creature - Troll Shaman
Troll Ascetic can't be the target of spells or
abilities your opponents
control.
1G: Regenerate Troll Ascetic
A rather efficient creature that's near
impossible to kill. There's
only a handful of ways to kill this in standard:
1. Wrath of God / Damnation
2. Porphyry Nodes
3. Pyroclasm if your opponent happens to be
tapped out
