Taoist Hermit
Creature — Human Mystic
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $10.97
- EDHREC rank
- #30823
Taoist Hermit is a two-mana 1/2 that taps to add two green mana — effectively a Worn Powerstone stapled to a creature body, but restricted to green spells. That restriction keeps it out of colorless-mana shells, but in a green Commander deck that wants to cast expensive permanents, it pulls its weight from turn two onward.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Taoist Hermit belongs — creature-based ramp is specifically useful in green decks that want redundancy beyond the standard package of mana dorks and rocks. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but competes with far more efficient options and sees no meaningful play. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale: if your signature spell is a costly green card, it earns a slot. Outside those formats it's not legal, and honestly the competitive environments where it is legal have no interest in it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Elvish Archdruid and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds both outperform Taoist Hermit in dedicated green builds, but for a straight two-mana dork that produces two green specifically, Gyre Sage and Viridian Joiner are the closest budget analogs — both cap higher with setup, though they require investment to reach the same output. If you want a no-setup two-for-two comparison, Devoted Druid costs less and taps for two green across two activations with no strings attached, making it the cleaner replacement in most lists.
Price Context
Current price
$10.97 mid tier
At $10.97, Taoist Hermit sits in mid-tier pricing for a card whose mechanical role — two-mana creature that taps for two green — is filled by cheaper alternatives in almost every context. The price reflects scarcity from a limited print run rather than raw power, so it holds value as a collector piece but not as an efficiency purchase.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.