Hermit Druid

Creature — Human Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Combos

• Deep Analysis + Hermit Druid + Memory's Journey
• Hermit Druid + Splendid Reclamation
• Hermit Druid + Sevinne's Reclamation + Thassa's Oracle

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

hyalopterouslemur on What do you want more …

1 week ago

Yisan Sort of. I would not want to see, for instance, Yawgmoth's Bargain be legal in any bracket. But ban lists should be used judiciously, and many of the cards on the ban list struck me as "banned for casual".

TBH, I'd also like to see certain other legal cards (Hermit Druid, Mycosynth Lattice) put on the game changers' list. These are cards that if you're using them, you're probably up to combo shenanigans (either the instant-win variety like Hermit Druid or the stealth-Stax variety like Mycosynth Lattice + Null Rod ) and should be kept out of brackets 1 and 2, but should really be there for higher brackets to play with.

Mr_Radical on Low cost cards to help …

3 weeks ago

Hi! I'm looking for low mana value permanents that will help my mono green deck hit land drops more consistently. I'm running 38 lands, but the deck's card draw is mostly high mana value, so the early game is a bit precarious.

For early card draw, I currently have Endless Atlas and am considering Tome of Legends or maybe a looter like Smuggler's Copter. A Sylvan Library would be nice, but it's outside my price range.

I recently came across Greenseeker and this sort of effect is exactly what I'm looking for. Main issue is that it's only one card, and Hermit Druid is the only other low cost permanent I've found with a similar effect.

If only Abundance weren't 4 mana...

Any suggestions?

capwner on One-card wins

1 month ago

So here's an idea you may be familiar with...a one-card win: That is, a card that wins the game or initiates a winning line by itself without needing any other pieces. Just cast that one card and boom, you're in a position to win. This seems very OP because a 1 card combo is of course easier to assemble than 2-or-more card combos, and besides being easy to assemble I think it improves your resilience because it's easy to recur or topdeck a single card, and initial card investment is lower so you have more potential space in hand for interaction or a backup plan. The downside would be a lot of these either cost a lot of mana or require a lot of build around, or both. So some obvious examples of this would be cards like Tooth and Nail that tutor up multiple parts of a 2-part combo. Shared Summons is another card that, given enough mana, can win by itself say by assembling Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista. These double tutor cards are especially sweet because they can also find protection if you already have part of the combo or other tutors. I think Hoarding Broodlord is similar because it tutors for Saw in Half to find more combo pieces, so this wins by itself too. By extension, in the decks that have these, regular Demonic TutorGC or Solve the Equation become a 1-card wins as well! Next there are some weirder ones...there's straight up Enter the Infinite which if resolved should certainly give you the ability to win on the spot with a million counterspell backups. On the opposite end of the curve, Doomsday initiates a combo line by itself but is slower; you either need to pass the turn or have a means of drawing a card to continue comboing. Similarly, Selective Memory in an all-spells deck can exile your whole deck besides Thoracle, then draw her and win next turn. Of course in the all-spells camp there's also Balustrade Spy, Undercity Informer and Goblin Charbelcher which can win on the spot, these are probably the best and actually competitively played archetypes, and Hermit Druid combos similarly. Hmm.... what else, I guess there are tons of 1-card combos with commanders, like Etali + Food Chain, Niv Mizzet + Curiosity, and so on. Those are pretty close to 1-card wins but I would say a different genre of combo than the ones I am discussing. Another card I think fits is Timesifter, with the right build this card can very likely result in a win by itself, though it is totally non-deterministic! I think as a 5 drop artifact, compared with the mana demands of some of the other cards mentioned, this is a very competitive option for a potentially game-ending effect on a single card. I love Timesifter lol. What else? Other tutors like IntuitionGC and Gifts UngivenGC can assemble breach combo by themselves in Jeskai decks with Sevinne's Reclamation. Ad NauseamGC and other mass-draw effects scoop up huge portions of the deck and win from there. Anything that can tutor multiple times like Increasing Ambition or Razaketh, the Foulblooded can win by itself. Goblin Recruiter I'm pretty sure sets up Conspicuous Snoop combo by itself, maybe that's a win next turn one. Approach of the Second Sun but that's REALLY slow by itself. This far down the line I'm tempted to even say Stoneforge Mystic and/or Stonehewer Giant because you can play a line where you get Sword of Hearth and Home to flicker her, get Kaldra Compleat then get Worldslayer and that's baaasically a win 2 turns later from just a Stoneforge. On that topic, MLD spells in general come pretty close to being 1-card wins IMO by relying more on overall deck construction to out-recover opponents, so similar to a Timesifter resolving a Jokulhaups should usually win it for the MLD player if they built their deck right, and if nobody has Tef Pro <- another 1 card win here lol.

I feel like I've blabbed enough, I'd like to know which cards I've missed and what your favorite 1-card wins are? Or even cool Commander + 1 wins if you know of some lesser-known ones. Hey I guess Magda, Brazen Outlaw and Godo, Bandit Wardlord both win by themselves too, right? But kind of slowly, Godo needs haste and Magda needs dwarves/treasures. Also for commanders, I think both Captain Sisay and Sisay, Weatherlight Captain can assemble wins by themselves, slowly. Also Yisan, Wanderer Bard.

Anyways thanks for reading if you did, hopefully you got something useful out of this wincon rant. One-card wins are a big principle I try to use in my deckbuilding especially at higher powers and I think trying to enable the wackier ones provides some fun deckbuilding challenge and is really rewarding when you can pull it off.

Kazierts on Surgical Slime Slompy

1 year ago

My bad. One of these days I should learn to read. It makes sense why noobdy ever plays Stickfingers outside of creature decks. However, Hermit Druid I know for sure can be used to mill almost your entire deck. It's played a lot in cEDH.

Runadi, Behemoth Caller would also be an extra mass haste effect that doesn't need haste itself.

Crow_Umbra on The Charnel Army

1 year ago

I'm not sure if the revealing has any effect on the binned cards being accessible via Coram's last ability, but Hermit Druid could be a means to quickly fill up your yard. Since you're running 7ish basics, you might only need an activation or two to be set.

Coward_Token on Modern Horizons 3

1 year ago

Finally

Coram: Kagha, Shadow Archdruid on (red) steroids, but as she's AFAIK not too popular I feel that's not saying too much. Only on your turns. Worth noting that e.g. Hermit Druid works too.

Cayth, Famed Mechanist: "I have no idea who you are." Anyway, all your creature spells coming with a free token or even counter probably has some combo potential, even if Cloudstone Curio is out.

Azlask the Swelling Scourge: Spawning Pit works well here.

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity: Dimensional Infiltrator's time to shine!

Disa the Restless: I dare you to cast Mnemonic Betrayal

Omo, Queen of Vesuva: Not just "changeling counter" since it needs to cover both creatures and land. I kinda wish the counters had their own intrinsic rules, like flying counters. Note that land creatures don't get pseudo-changeling.

Kozilek, the Broken Reality: Does a card that you need to pay nine mana for really need even a minor drawback?

Sorin of House Markov: first extort commander!

Ral, Monsoon Mage: Not a fan of the flip damage. Can't red just have their own reliable Baral, Chief of Compliance?

Volatile Stormdrake: Nerfed Gilded Drake is still pretty good; plenty of high-value creatures at MV <=4. A sorcery-speed kill spell that pierces indestructible isn't horrible either (especially if it has a good on-death trigger.)

Flare of Fortitude: kinda wish this was Flare of Angel's Grace instead.

Trickster's Elk: I kinda hate this? IIRC, Kenrith's Transformation was a break, or at least a strong bend due to time constraints.

Trapdoorspyder on Combo Gak

2 years ago

Really cool deck! I like all of the differed lines of play that are available. I did have some questions though. How do Devoted Druid and Quillspike provide infinite mana when on Necrotic Ooze? I don't see where the extra mana each cycle comes from. I believe Channeler Initiate is one that actually provides infinite mana, although it doesn't allow weaving in Hermit Druid. Instead, I believe Syr Konrad could be used as he doesn't require tapping. He also allows for converting the mana combos into the self mill needed for winning the game. Of course, if it does work with quillspike then it would be redundant, but I don't see how it does.

tave on Katilda and Lier

2 years ago

Could try Laboratory Maniac with Hermit Druid Or Paradigm Shift