Cloakwood Hermit

Cloakwood Hermit turns every creature death into a squirrel factory, rewarding you for filling your graveyard while generating a steady token army. Your gameplan revolves around self-mill and creature sacrifice—whether through discard outlets, fetchlands, or intentional sac outlets—to trigger the background's token generation repeatedly each turn. You'll build a board of squirrels that grows larger the more creatures you mill or sacrifice, creating an exponential advantage that snowballs into an overwhelming board state.

The deck loves sacrifice synergies and creatures with built-in death triggers or reanimation value. Cards like Reassembling Skeleton, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Altar of Dementia give you ways to mill creatures on demand while generating additional value. Graveyard-matters cards like Vengevine, Dredge creatures, and Stitcher's Supplier turn your self-mill into threats, while tokens naturally feed into aristocrat outlets. You'll win by either swinging with an army of squirrels or through aristocrat combos that drain opponents as your creatures sacrifice.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.