Scavenging Ooze or Lotleth Troll?
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Posted on Oct. 23, 2013, 12:01 p.m. by vincentgalbo
Hey guys,
I'm unable to spend a lot of time testing my deck and have trouble picking the best card. I'm trying to decided between Scavenging Ooze and Lotleth Troll in my deck Golgari Evasion. I have a special place in my heart for both these cards, but I feel Lotleth Troll just fits a little better. However, I've noticed that the professional MTG players that play a similar deck usually use Scavenging Ooze . Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
Here's what I consider the pros and cons, hopefully you can help me through this:
Pros:
Life gain.
Can get huge.
Best MTG bear ever?
Mess with an opponent's graveyard if needed.
Cons:
No evasion--just dies to all the removal in the format.
Can't get through tokens or regenerate creatures.
Green ability can be hard to use with the few amount of forests/green sources this deck has.
Eats up food for your Whip of Erebos if you start getting desperate.
Pros:
Regenerate. Blocks for days!
Trample.
Can get huge-ish.
Lets me chuck dead creatures into the graveyard for added benefit (this is a stretch)
Evasive (regenerate, black)
Cons:
Can keep you from playing as fast due to keeping mana open for regenerate.
You need to toss a dude from your hand to get him +1/+1. Almost never worth it with such high value creatures.
Thanks guys!
Scavenging Ooze is amazing, but gets worse in multiples. Lotleth Troll is often just bad.
October 23, 2013 12:50 p.m.
Well, Lotleth Troll gets bigger by discarding creatures, thereby feeding Scavenging Ooze and allowing him to get bigger too. Now you've got 2 threats in play, and your a turn or 2 away from dropping a fatty or something.
October 23, 2013 1:49 p.m.
Discarding to the troll is almost always wrong. The only circumstances it should be done are when it would win the game, trade with another creature, or evade a burn spell (and this only if you do not have regenerate mana up). Most creatures are better in hand then as counters on the troll. I have probably won a dozen games to players who discarded too much to the troll.
October 23, 2013 1:54 p.m.
vincentgalbo says... #9
I agree with you Blakkhand, I probably wouldn't discard for the troll unless I had one Reaper of the Wilds in hand when my opponent plays a Lifebane Zombie . Or I was within a few point of damage from winning the game.
Schuesseled says... #2
Both good, if you have the whip, lotleth troll might fit better, remember you can discard then unearth to give a dude haste in time to win a match.
October 23, 2013 12:14 p.m.