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Deep Forest Hermit

Creature — Elf Druid

Vanishing 3 (This creature enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.
Squirrels you control get +1/+1.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Commander
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#3614
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Deep Forest Hermit card art
Deep Forest Hermit enters and immediately puts four 1/1 Squirrels on the battlefield — that's five power across five bodies for five mana, which is a strong rate before you account for any tribal or token synergies. The vanishing clause is the cost: without counters to remove or ways to reset it, the Hermit leaves in three turns, but commanders like Hazel of the Rootbloom and Esix, Fractal Bloom make the creature's departure largely irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hazel of the Rootbloom

Hazel of the Rootbloom

82.3% of decks · synergy 0.74

Hazel of the Rootbloom copies triggered abilities, which means Deep Forest Hermit's enter-the-battlefield trigger can fire twice — doubling the Squirrel flood before the first vanishing counter is even removed.

02
Esix, Fractal Bloom

Esix, Fractal Bloom

61.1% of decks · synergy 0.60

The first token created each turn can become a copy of any creature on the battlefield, so Deep Forest Hermit's four Squirrel triggers give Esix, Fractal Bloom four separate opportunities to redirect tokens into copies of the best thing in play.

04
Camellia, the Seedmiser

Camellia, the Seedmiser

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.38

Camellia, the Seedmiser draws a card whenever a Squirrel enters, so Deep Forest Hermit's four tokens translate directly into four cards the turn it lands.

05
Thromok the Insatiable

Thromok the Insatiable

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.14

Thromok the Insatiable feeds on creature count, and Deep Forest Hermit delivers five bodies in one cast — cheap fodder to devour for a lethal-sized Thromok swing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Deep Forest Hermit does its best work: five bodies on a single cast lines up cleanly with token doublers, sacrifice outlets, and tribal synergies that the format is built around, and the vanishing downside is routinely neutralized by flicker effects or commanders that care only about the ETB. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but unplayed — five mana for a creature that self-destructs can't compete with the raw efficiency those formats demand. Modern has enough token support that fringe brews have tried Deep Forest Hermit in Squirrel or token shells, but it's firmly a casual pick there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander experience at a smaller scale, where the four-token burst can close games faster.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Deep Forest Hermit is outright bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. The price is stable; wide Squirrel-token printings and lack of competitive demand keep it firmly in the bulk bin.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.