Quarrying the Grave
Sludge Titan arrives as a heavy hitter that reshapes the grave yard and your hand in one motion. It hits the battlefield with trample and forces five cards from your library to the yard when it enters or when it attacks. From those milled cards you may recover a creature card and or a land card to your hand. The pattern rewards decks that plan for the grave and value card selection through self milling.
In Ravnica lore this behemoth is the city seeping into flesh a slow reclamation made practical. Play it when you want a late mid game threat that also advances your grave strategy. It pairs cleanly with reanimation and land recursion effects and scales as the game reaches its middle turns because it both pressures life totals and smooths future draws.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost — {4}{B}{G}{G}
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Card Type — Creature
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Subtypes — Zombie Giant
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) — Trample
Whenever Sludge Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, mill five cards. You may put a creature card and/or a land card from among them into your hand.
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Power / Toughness — 6/6