---
name: "Golgari Grave-Troll"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Troll Skeleton"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Dredge", "Regenerate", "Mill"]
set: "TD0"
set_name: "Magic Online Theme Decks"
collector_number: "A74"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "686f4a37-b5e4-46d4-9e0e-11794b2d12cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/golgari-grave-troll-td0"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "banned"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "restricted"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Golgari Grave-Troll
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Troll Skeleton
- **Keywords:** Dredge, Regenerate, Mill

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.
Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Golgari Thug](/printing/golgari-thug-rvr.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Lotleth Troll](/printing/lotleth-troll-2x2.md) — Creature — Zombie Troll
3. [Golgari Brownscale](/printing/golgari-brownscale-uma.md) — Creature — Lizard
4. [Sporeback Troll](/printing/sporeback-troll-dis.md) — Creature — Troll Mutant
5. [Shambling Shell](/printing/shambling-shell-ddj.md) — Creature — Plant Zombie
6. [Varolz, the Scar-Striped](/printing/varolz-the-scar-striped-dgm.md) — Legendary Creature — Troll Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A74
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `banned` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `restricted` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-12-07)* Because damage remains marked on a creature until it's removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Golgari Grave-Troll may become lethal if you remove +1/+1 counters from it during that turn. In this case, it dies before you can resolve the activated ability that will regenerate it.
- *(2018-12-07)* If you return Golgari Grave-Troll from your graveyard directly to the battlefield, its first ability counts itself.
- *(2024-01-12)* If an effect puts a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," you're not drawing a card. Dredge can't replace this event.
- *(2024-01-12)* Once you've announced that you're applying a card's dredge ability to replace a draw, players can't take any actions until you've put that card into your hand and milled cards.
- *(2024-01-12)* Dredge can replace any card draw, not only the one during your draw step.
- *(2024-01-12)* If you're drawing multiple cards, each draw is performed one at a time. For example, if you're instructed to draw two cards and you replace the first draw with a dredge ability, another card with a dredge ability (including one that was milled by the first dredge ability) may be used to replace the second draw.