Deranged Hermit
Mana cost {3}{G}{G}. Power/toughness 1/1.
Echo {3}{G}{G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.
Squirrel creatures get +1/+1.
Deranged Hermit is a green card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€63.54) · TCGplayer ($87.75) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €60.80 and €74.38 in that time.
How often Deranged Hermit is played
Deranged Hermit is maindecked in 7 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 1.9 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 62 decks that can cast green cards, 7 of them play it (11%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Deranged Hermit
- Elves: Five mana for a 1/1 Elf that makes four 1/1 Squirrels; while it is on the battlefield, Squirrels get +1/+1, so the five creatures have nine power. In your next upkeep you pay its echo of {3}{G}{G} or sacrifice it, and the Squirrels are 1/1s again; Wirewood Symbiote can return it to your hand before that so you can cast it again for four more Squirrels. Most lists play two or three.
Tournament decks with Deranged Hermit
- Survival Recurring: 1st Place at Monster Mash 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Elves: 1st Place at Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy (3× mainboard)
- Natural Elves: 1st Place at European Masters 2026 Valencia (2× mainboard)
- The Rock: 3rd Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (1× mainboard)
- Rofellos Order Survival: 3rd Place at Eternal Echoes @ Gamerz Paradise (1× mainboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (2× mainboard)
- Sneaky Survival: 4th Place at Urduliz Link Up (2× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Deranged Hermit
- Squirrels (4×)
- Snap Cradle Pop (4×)
