Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit

Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman

Tap: Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of untapped Mountains you control.

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Arrzarrina on What is Your Opinion of …

1 year ago

It's not just trying to make a budget deck work.

If you're like me and have a thing for more out there commanders (think Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant  Flip or Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit), then you need to work harder in the 99 to bring the deck up to parity since you're trying to get theme with less card support than Big stompy Jodah, the Unifier has.

Continuing in terms of card support, there are many effects that can protect a creature. Swiftfoot Boots gets reprinted every 5 minutes while Lightning Greaves is an extra effect in the same vein. Mask of Avacyn, Whispersilk Cloak, Neurok Stealthsuit and Mirror Shield all fill a very similar role. You can get 4 of those equipments to protect your commander for under a dollar each. On the flip side, an effect like Pariah's Shield exists on very few cards (I only know of Pariah as a similar effect) so outside of a white colour identity, you've got to use one card for that idea which was printed nearly 20 years ago and has never (The list is so diverse it basically doesn't count) been reprinted.

Pariah's shield isn't a bankbreaking card, but the scarcity of similar effects shows how even the most creative budget player is stuck away from creative/interesting strategies when their brew needs a specific piece which will cause problems in their budget.

Arrzarrina on Basics matter theme - Mono …

1 year ago

Hey all, Looking for some advice. I'm trying to put a cycle of "Basics matter"* decks together, one for each colour. I've got red, green, black and blue sorted with Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit, Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant  Flip, Charix, the Raging Isle and Korlash, Heir to Blackblade but I'm really struggling with white.

Aside from running some sort of voltron list (Strata scythe + blackblade is plains enough, right?), does anybody have any ideas on the direction I take the deck? I've already got one Voltron style deck with Charix who is a pretty sweet commander for that theme, so unwilling to have two voltrons in the cycle.

Any ideas on the direction I could take with white are welcome as all the concepts I can come up with seem really poor compared to reliable turn 6-8 activations on the other four.

Thanks!

(On a side note, White is the problem colour. Who saw that coming?)

Hybrow on Ben-Ben Franklin: Illuminerti Con4med

5 years ago

I found your deck when i was working on my own Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit build.. (Found the reddit post actually). You went eldrazi heavy, which isnt my build but i still found some stuff that would work for me. I can't believe I didn't consider Dragonmaster Outcast and Claws of Valakut . Im gonna need a bit of a rebuild after looking through this list.

I dont know if you are still working on this build, considering it has been 2 years since it was last updated, but Crawlspace is a must, along with Goblin Sharpshooter (especially if you have Gorgon Flail or Basilisk Collar in play

BahGringo on One Pissed Off Combo Lady | Rakka Mar EDH

5 years ago

First thing first I hate to be that guy but, your commander would be better off being Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or Feldon of the Third Path . Now I kinda hope you ignore that suggestion though.

My best suggestion is Sundial of the Infinite This turns anything temporary into something permanent. Exile at end of turn become "keep forever". Steal until end of turn becomes "Keep Forever". Anything that ruins your turn like cyclonic rift counter it with sundial.

Have fun going through and choosing stuff from the list and worst part of all cuts in your own deck.

DaringApprentice on (╯⌐▀͡ ̯ʖ▀)╯︵ ┻━┻

7 years ago

Nice deck, always good to see mono-red in commander!

Here are some suggestions, if you are interested:

Skirk Alarmist can unmorph Akroma cheaply, but you'll need to sacrifice Akroma after the end of the turn.

Mana ramp: Myriad Landscape, Seething Song, Geosurge, and Treasonous Ogre.

If you change all Mountains into Snow-Covered Mountains, then add Glacial Crevasses, you've got a pretty powerful fog machine.

Cards that benefit from running Mountains: Goblin Charbelcher, Awaken the Ancient, Genju of the Spires, Spawn of Thraxes, Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit, and Claws of Valakut.

Haste granters: Swiftfoot Boots and Hammer of Purphoros.

Double Strike granters: Berserkers' Onslaught.

Zhaed on Goblin Horde

7 years ago

Major changes.

Added

Forgotten Cave Slower than a basic land, but allows late game card draw.

Kher Keep Land that add more token creatures

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Single shot lightlingbolt still kills problematic creatures.

Thespian's Stage Will replicate Valakut or enemy lands.

Blood Moon To good to pass up

Goblin Settler Land Destruction that potentially goes infinite with Kiki-Jiki

Legion Loyalist a first turn drop with haste, and a extremely relevant Battalion effect

Removed

Mountain x1 Added a few lands removed one basic.

Pandemonium Symetrical effect became a hindrance

Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit Ability less relevant

Homura, Human Ascendant High casting cost, couldn't fetch.

Squee, Goblin Nabob Sub-par goblin

Tuktuk the Explorer Sub-par goblin

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