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Pojo's Harry Potter Card of the Day
Mountain Troll - Base
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Mountain Troll |
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Power Needed:
8 CoMC |
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Card Type:
Creature/Troll |
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Damage each turn:
4 |
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Health:
4 |
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Card No:
28 |
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Rarity:
Rare |
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Set:
Base |
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Average Rating: 3.93
(based on 7 reviews) |
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Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
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Aardvark
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Speed creature decks will find this
guy a tad slow, but all other creature decks should try to find
a way to fit him in. At four points of damage a turn, he delivers
a serious beating. Your opponent is not likely to win if he lets
the Troll sit on the table for very long. If your opponent's creature removal is the
damaging kind (like Stream of Flames), they'll normally need to use two cards
to get rid of this one card because of the Troll's high health. The big guy combos
well with Dragon Heart Wand, which can be used to get him out as early as
turn 3. He also works nicely with Halloween Feast, which gets him back for
some more pounding. I've been known to use him to test the waters for a Black
Dragon in hand. I always put the Troll out first once getting to 8 lessons.
If the opponent doesn't remove him on his turn, it likely means he has no removal,
and the Dragon can be dropped safely the next turn. Of course, the Mountain
Troll is big enough that he doesn't need to be the set-up man. He's large
and in charge all by himself. He's a godsend for folks like me who like having
big beef, but don't want to pay with a creature lesson in play to get it. In short,
this card really eats ants! That's a high compliment, coming from an aardvark.
Rating: 5 |
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Crusader
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Mountain Troll is my favourite creature.
A 4/4 hitter for no discards! This makes Stream of Flames and Vermillious
much more difficult to use on this card. Bluebell Flames will kill
it, though. Since its 8 lessons, its hard to reach. But once you
do, its worth it. Most people play Mountain Troll then Hebridean,
and theres 11 damage! Put steelclaw in with that, and you have your
opponent just about done. River Troll is a 4/3 creature for 5CoMC,
but it requires 1 discard. So, I personally like this card better.
Its good to have 1-2 of them in any creature deck.
Rating: 4 |
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MadEye
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I can just here the studdering disipate
and Quirrell telling us about his gift with trolls. In today's game,
your creatures need health over 3 for any kind of longevity. Stream
of Flames, Toe-Biter, Rope Bind, Doxy, and Streeler, to name a few
are all hitting your creatures at 3 and below. Most people are playing
one of these if not more of them. So, four health is King in the
forrest and that puts Mountain Troll thrown worthy. Speed creature
decks should have at least 1 or 2 of them in their decks for Pep
Talk protection. Otherwise, they would be of little use in that
instance. The Mountain Troll is not as feared as in the old days,
but is still a strong set. Fastest way to get him out woul probably
be with Dragon Heart Wand, since you are wanting to use those Halloween
Feasts anyway. So keep "old stinky" in mind and watch
out for troll boogers.
Rating: 4.5 |
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Prof_Lockhart
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Alright its time to delve into big
creature land, and we're going to take a look at the Mountain
Troll. Now the Mountain Troll is big, ugly, slow, and dumb. That
reminds me of the time I ran into Lord Voldemort, he was lucky
to get away, but he was pretty slow and dumb himself. (Note to
self, do not insult Lord Voldemort in this column again, my office
was blown up for no reason whatsoever) Anyways, the Mountain Trolls
is an 8F critter, which provides 4 damage/4 health. Now these
trolls are good but they aren't all that. I would much rather
have some guard dogs at 3/5 and hebridean dragons at 7/5. The
dragon is the nice alternative for the troll. Figure it costs
the same actions to play a dragon and a gaurd dog as it is to
play two mountain trolls. Now the trolls give you 8 damage and
8 health, but the dragon/guard dog gives you 10/10. Add the fact
that next turn you could play a lesson and another dragon, and
you're opponent will be running down a dream. So while the troll
is good, I feel thats its just average, the only nice thing about
it is, that you don't have to discard a lesson.
Rating: 3
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ProfLupin
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Ah....another Beatdown favorite of
mine. When Base set was only out, this was the top creature card
I used, and it served to be a great finisher comboed with Steelclaw.
8C is pretty steep, and most Beatdowns dont peak past that. Nowadays,
with the appearance of the Hebridean Black Dragon, his reign at
the top is now shared. This one-two combo of playing HBD and Mountain
Troll is utterly devastating, though Mice To Snuffboxes lives to
disrupt this combo. Using this combo, same as playing any creature,
is a gamble unless you give yourself protection. Mountain Troll
and HBD is Steelclaw's best friend, though. Try to draw out weaker
creatures you know they can counter before you play this card. One
of my older Beatdown variants consisted of Illegibilus and Out of
The Woods so you can see what they got before you play your precious
Mountain Trolls, and even getting rid of the threat if it's only
one card. Another one of my radi! cal but incredibly successful
variants was a CoMC/Trans/Potions that revolved around steady creatures
like Vicious Wolf and Mountain Troll comboed with the ever powerful
Jawbind Potion, which does a nice 2 damage to your opponent and
prevents your opponent from playing any spells next turn. Hagrid
is never a bad choice in Beatdowns with Mountain Troll, but more
often than not, other cards are better. Overall Mountain Troll is
still very much hard hitting, and HBD only adds to it.
Rating: 3.5 |
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Snuffles
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ahhhhh yes, the big ugly thing in
my bathroom... he's a horrible house cleaner folx, but sometimes
it impresses my friends that i have a troll wearing an apron in
my bathroom.... Mountain Troll has been a constant in large creature
decks since the day the set came out. 4 damage a turn and 4 health
meant that there used to be only a few ways to kill this guy in
the past. Now, he is not so much of a main hitter as there are many
ways to deal with him, but he is what i think of as a support card
for todays creature decks. You throw out some foxes and quintapeds
and such and let your opponent deal with those, then throw down
the big ol' troll and hope they are out of creature denial. Of course,
at 8 you could also go for Hebridean who does.... 7.... 7!!!!! sure,
he makes you lose a lesson, but who the heck gives a darn? Mountain
Troll is not as powerful as he used to be, but he still packs a
punch.
Rating: 3.5 |
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Wozniac
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This card is a big hitter! It has
enough defense to withstand a stream of flames and hit's hard enough
to make your opponent want to get rid of it. The way I add up if
a creature is worth it's cost is this way: power+toughness=cost
of the card+2(number of lessons to discard). If the left side is
equal to the right side, the creature is worth it's cost. If it
is higher, the creature is strong for it's cost and on the contrary,
the creature is weak. Mountain Troll is a big steady and strong
creature that is reliable and helpful.
Rating: 4 |
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