Burly Rockjaw Trogg

Burly Rockjaw Trogg is a common neutral minion card, from the Goblins vs Gnomes set.

Strategy
Essentially a more powerful opponent-triggered version of Mana Wyrm, this card punishes the opponent for using spells. This generally makes the use of spells unwise until it is neutralized.

This card is most effective against spell-heavy decks. It is of poor value unless the opponent plays at least 1 spell during its time on the board. With 1 spell cast, it becomes a 5/5, only slightly better than the vanilla stats for a 4 cost minion. However, its growth potential allows it to act as a limit on the opponent's actions, even if it never lives to see significant stat growth. Also effective as a soft taunt against spell-heavy decks, forcing the opponent to remove it before proceeding.

In Arena its stats are still good despite not being as reliable as a Chillwind Yeti. You can probably use its effect to make an educated guess on whether or not your opponent has a spell. If they are focusing solely on targeting this minion, they may have a spell they want to use, while if they attack your other minions they more likely do not have a spell.

Quotes

 * Summon
 * Troggzor. Troggzor.

Lore
Troggs are a race of primitive, aggressive and extremely unintelligent humanoids found on. An -warped deviation from one of the s' original designs for life on the planet, the neanderthal-like troggs possess little in the way of intelligence, but are still a dangerous threat when encountered. In Hearthstone, troggs are known for spell-related triggered effects.

s are members of the of troggs, found in  in.


 * ''The is a tribe of gray-skinned troggs found residing at  and  in.


 * ''The dwarves' insatiable digging at the Gol'Bolar Quarry unleashed this menacing tribe from their subterranean den. Now, the massing trogg invasion looms over the lands of king, keeping his forces busy at quelling it.

Trivia

 * The art for this card was originally incorrectly attributed in-game to Chris Rahn. This was later fixed in a patch.

Patch changes
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