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Olog-hai Crusher

Creature — Troll Soldier3 generic manaRed mana

A 4/4 with trample for four is above the plain-vanilla curve for red, and the clause that pays for it is not a downside on offense at all: this creature can't block unless you control a Goblin or Orc. That restriction encodes the flavor (a siege monster driven forward, useless as a defender when its handlers aren't there to command it) directly into the rules, and it does so with a tribal gate rather than a flat "can't block." The design turns a pure aggro creature into a signpost: it wants to be in a deck that fields Goblins or Orcs, and in that deck the drawback quietly evaporates. It is a familiar red trick, the aggressive body priced below rate because it will only ever attack, given a specific twist that ties the escape hatch to a creature type. On its own it is a beater that turns sideways every turn and never comes home; alongside the right tokens or a single go-wide anchor, it becomes a beater that can also hold a line. The gate is narrow enough to matter and wide enough to build around, which is exactly the tension it was made to create.

Olog-hai Crusher (ltr)
LTR · #140common
Pricing
Normal: $0.09
Foil: $0.10
Oracle Text

Rules text

Trample This creature can't block unless you control a Goblin or Orc.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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