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Reanimating Troll

Dec. 3, 2012 06:15:05 AM

Jorge Monteiro
Judge (Uncertified), Tournament Organizer

Iberia

Reanimating Troll


In a casual game, a player using his “banned dredge” deck reanimated a Golgari Grave-Troll with no other creature in the graveyard. How many counters does he get and why?

Dec. 3, 2012 08:44:44 AM

Carsten Haese
Judge (Uncertified)

USA - Great Lakes

Reanimating Troll

Originally posted by Jorge Monteiro:

In a casual game, a player using his “banned dredge” deck reanimated a Golgari Grave-Troll with no other creature in the graveyard. How many counters does he get and why?

The Troll has a static ability that replaces how it enters the battlefield. This replacement effect is applied to the event before the modified event happens, so the Troll is still in the graveyard when the replacement effect is applied. It sees one creature card in the player's graveyard, so the Troll will enter the battlefield with one counter.