Sunday, February 19, 2012

Review of Cudgel Troll *** Regeneration Is a Great Feature.

Cudgel is a 4/3, and it costs 4 to cast, so to me this means it had better have a really good ability, and it does. Cudgel Troll can be used as an attacker or blocker. A power of 4 is my minimum for considering a card an attacker. For blockers I often use tokens, and in that way, it may be best to consider Cudgel Troll as a token generator where you only have to pay G to regenerate it as a token. So, if you use its regeneration ability even once that is( 4*2+3*2)/2 = 7, using my vague formula where (power+toughness)/2>casting cost = a good card. Thus, in my way of thinking this card is worth nearly double what its casting cost is, where with this card 8 would be double. Think of it this way, every time you regenerate Cudgel Troll, it is as if you paid a single G to get a 4/3. That is exceptionally cost effective. Lastly, if there is any color that is going to have a spare mana for something like regeneration, it is a green deck. Thus, since Cudgel Troll is green, it goes well with deck that has primarily green mana. I would have rated this card higher if it had reach.

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