Oh and Monstrous Growth (from the two starter sets/portal second age)
Nerobyrne
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
With Genesis, not paying the echo cost can be a GOOD thing! If you have 8 mana, you can get 4 squirrels a turn, and when you have enough, just pay echo and leave him in play.
Ignoring all the wacky combos and everything this guy gives you a total of 9 (1 elf + 4 pumped squirrels) power and toughness on the field for 3GG and the echo.It's not like you're shooting yourself in the foot to get this guy out, people forget that. Even if you can't pay the echo and Deranged Hermit bites it you still get 4 1/1 squirrels for 3GG, a decent consolation prize. If you already paid the echo cost and he gets doom blade-ed maybe not so much but still, good card.
NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
The dreaded lord of Squirrels. I can only imagine this guy's creation process...
Developer 1: "Hey guys, what if we made a another lord?" Developer 2: "Oh no... not another of your stupid-" Developer 1: "Wait, listen. He could be... like... a hobo." Developer 2: "A hobo. What, lord of Vagrants? Stupid, stupid, stupid." Developer 1: "Aw, shut it. He could lord over... like... rats or squirrels or something. We have a squirrel token generator, right? Totally awes-" Developer 2: "OKAY OKAY we'll make it... Just PLEASE stop talking"
MasterOfEtherium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
What a cool card man the art the flavor the SQUIRRELS ; ) haha JK, nyways im totally gonna make a squirrely deck. & thx to chris webber who posted all the cards. the Hermit Looks Like Howard Hughes With an upside down beard haha
themlsna
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this art and this effect. So many decks can benefits from the homeless hermit.
Atali
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I miss Squirrel tokens, they really exemplify the green 1/1 token in a way Saprolings, Insects, and Elves never could. Elves are known for they great gang tactics and mana production, not token swarms, Saprolings aren't even real things, they're toothy forest worms or something, and Insects, while capturing the swarm feeling, don't necessarily scream green, flies are the quintessential insect swarm, and are associated with black in Magic.
bijart_dauth
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
i will never understand how a squirl is just as powerfull as an elf worrier. and stronger than the child of 15/15's (eldrazi spawn)
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Atali Saprolings are just as real as elves are.
orisiti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Saprolings are fungus and/or plant-based creatures... While i agree that a squirrel is a very good green counterpart to black's rats (whereas elves are the counterpart to zombies) Saprolings do exemplify green flavor very well. It is a great example of growth right down to the aspect that they are generally spawned from other lifeforms.
This is a bittersweet bombshell of awesomeness -- Mark Rosewater apparently got in deep trouble for this one, because GAAAASP it saw tournament play, and we can't possibly abide by sillycardsgettingmainstreamcompetitiveattention, now can we? It would give development the vapors.
This is why we can't have nice Squirrel things. :(
...If you feel similarly disappointed with Wizards' decision that we can't have nice Squirrel things, or silly-yet-viable cards more generally, it couldn't hurt to say so in comments...
TtothaOtothadoubleD
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My favorite deck ever was a green/black with this, Umbilicus, and tons of graveyard replay. It was real easy to get some 20/20 squirrels with Coat of Arms, then drop Stampede and wipe out even the biggest multiplayer events. Combos well with that appropriate Might of Oaks card.
ZaisConsultant
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
"Do not speak to me of Radagast the brown." -Saruman
Comments (23)
Oh and Monstrous Growth (from the two starter sets/portal second age)
Developer 1: "Hey guys, what if we made a another lord?"
Developer 2: "Oh no... not another of your stupid-"
Developer 1: "Wait, listen. He could be... like... a hobo."
Developer 2: "A hobo. What, lord of Vagrants? Stupid, stupid, stupid."
Developer 1: "Aw, shut it. He could lord over... like... rats or squirrels or something. We have a squirrel token generator, right? Totally awes-"
Developer 2: "OKAY OKAY we'll make it... Just PLEASE stop talking"
Saprolings are just as real as elves are.
While i agree that a squirrel is a very good green counterpart to black's rats (whereas elves are the counterpart to zombies) Saprolings do exemplify green flavor very well. It is a great example of growth right down to the aspect that they are generally spawned from other lifeforms.
This is why we can't have nice Squirrel things. :(
...If you feel similarly disappointed with Wizards' decision that we can't have nice Squirrel things, or silly-yet-viable cards more generally, it couldn't hurt to say so in comments...