Trostani, Selesnya's Voice is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.,
: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Complete guide
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice is a powerhouse for Selesnya decks, offering a consistent way to bolster your life total while expanding your army. As the leader of the Conclave, she rewards you for every creature that enters your ranks and provides the tools to duplicate your most powerful tokens.
The Mechanics of Growth
Trostani features two distinct abilities that synergize perfectly. The first is a triggered ability that gains you life whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, based on that creature's toughness. The second is an activated ability that uses the Populate mechanic, allowing you to create a copy of a creature token you already control. Note that Populate does not target; you choose which token to copy as the ability resolves.
Resolving the Life Gain
When a creature enters the battlefield, Trostani's life gain ability triggers and goes on the stack. The amount of life you gain is determined when the ability resolves. If the creature is no longer on the battlefield at that time, the game uses its last known information to check its toughness. Importantly, if the creature's toughness is less than zero due to negative effects, you simply gain zero life; you cannot lose life from this ability.
Mastering Populate
When you activate Trostani's Populate ability, you must control at least one creature token to get an effect. If you have no tokens, the ability resolves but nothing happens. The new token is a fresh copy of the original as it was created; it does not inherit counters, Auras, Equipment, or temporary power/toughness changes. However, it does trigger its own 'enters-the-battlefield' abilities, which in turn can trigger Trostani's life gain ability again.
When to Voice the Conclave
Trostani is most effective when paired with high-toughness creatures or cards that generate large creature tokens. Use her activated ability at the end of your opponent's turn to build a board state that is difficult to overcome. Because her life gain triggers on any creature entering, even non-token creatures like Eternal Witness provide a defensive buffer while you set up your token engine.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you cast Solemn Simulacrum while Trostani is on the battlefield, the Simulacrum's ability triggers alongside Trostani's. You will gain 2 life (its toughness) and search for a basic land. If an opponent destroys the Golem in response to the trigger, Trostani still checks its last known toughness of 2, ensuring you still receive the life gain.
Eternal WitnessWhen Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, Trostani's ability triggers. You gain 1 life because the Witness has 1 toughness. Simultaneously, you can use the Witness's own ability to return a card from your graveyard to your hand, perhaps a spell that creates a powerful token for Trostani to Populate later.
Imagine you control a 5/5 Wurm token. You pay {1}{G}{W} and tap Trostani to Populate. As the ability resolves, you choose the Wurm token. A new 5/5 Wurm token is created. This causes Trostani's first ability to trigger, and when that trigger resolves, you gain 5 life, reinforcing your position on the battlefield.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Trostani's first ability checks the creature's toughness as it resolves. If that creature has left the battlefield, use its toughness from when it was last on the battlefield. You can't lose life this way if that creature's toughness was less than 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Cleric Class + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice + Scurry Oak
- 1Gain life.
- 2Cleric Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 3Scurry Oak triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Archangel of Thune + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice + Scurry Oak
- 1Gain life.
- 2Archangel of Thune triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 3Scurry Oak triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Treebeard, Gracious Host + Scurry Oak + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- 1Gain life.
- 2Treebeard's second ability triggers, putting that many +1/+1 counters on Scurry Oak.
- 3Scurry Oak triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4When the Squirrel enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain life.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice + Scurry Oak
- 1Gain any amount of life.
- 2Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 3Scurry Oak triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4When the Squirrel enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 5Repeat.
Kwia Vigorbloom + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice + Emiel the Blessed
- 1Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying
, blinking Kwia. - 2When Kwia enters, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain life.
- 3Kwia triggers, creating a Lotus token.
- 4Activate the Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Repeat.
Basking Broodscale + Archangel of Thune + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- 1Put a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale.
- 2Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 3When the Eldrazi Spawn enters the battlefield, Trostani, Selesnya's Voice triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Archangel of Thune triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Basking Broodscale + Cleric Class + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- 1Gain life.
- 2Cleric Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Basking Broodscale.
- 3Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Cleric Class + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice + Herd Baloth
- 1Gain life.
- 2Cleric Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
- 3Herd Baloth triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters the battlefield, Trostani triggers, causing you to gain 5 life.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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