Bracket 3 · Our Homer, the Hermit decklist · Crab Landfall
Our Homer list is Sultai landfall mill. Every land you play makes the targeted players mill two cards for each Crab, Lobster, Nautilus, Starfish or Trilobite you control.
The deck builds a shell of Crabs and Starfish, plays extra lands with Azusa and Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, doubles landfall with Ancient Greenwarden and Yarok, and multiplies the mill with Bruvac the Grandiloquent and The Water Crystal.
- Strategy
- Crab Landfall
- Bracket
- 3
- Avg. mana value
- 2.83
- Lands
- 39
01The Commander
Homer, the Hermit is a three-mana 0/9 Crab Druid. Landfall: whenever a land you control enters, any number of target players each mill X cards, where X is twice the number of Crabs, Lobsters, Nautiluses, Starfish and Trilobites you control.
Homer is a Crab himself, so every land mills at least two. Each extra Crab or Starfish adds two more per land.
You pick the targets each time. Hit every opponent, or add yourself when you want lands in your graveyard for Hedge Shredder, Life from the Loam or Splendid Reclamation.
02How This Deck Wins
- 1
Build the Crab count
Cheap Crabs and Starfish like Hedron Crab, Ruin Crab and Sigiled Starfish each add two cards to every Homer trigger.
- 2
Play lots of lands
Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Exploration, fetch lands and Scapeshift give you several landfall triggers a turn.
- 3
Mill the table out
Bruvac the Grandiloquent, The Water Crystal and Ancient Greenwarden turn each land into a huge mill until opponents have nothing left to draw.
03Deck at a Glance
Bracket 3 · Crab Landfall · 100 cards
Composition
- Commander1
- Creatures27
- Instants & sorceries21
- Artifacts & enchantments12
- Planeswalkers0
- Lands39
- Tokens5
Mana Curve
Color Split
symbols
- Blue 33%
- Black 16%
- Green 51%
By the Numbers
Cards by Role
04Crabs and Starfish
Each one adds two cards to every Homer trigger.
Also in this role
05Mill Multipliers
Make each land count twice, or more.
Also in this role
06Extra Land Drops and Recursion
More lands each turn means more mill.
Also in this role
07Ramp and Land Draw
Put lands onto the battlefield at every chance.
Also in this role
08Interaction
Sultai answers to protect the plan.
Also in this role
09Combos and Key Interactions
Homer, the Hermit + Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Opponents mill twice as many cards from every Homer trigger.
Homer, the Hermit + Ancient Greenwarden
Each land makes Homer trigger twice, and you can replay lands from your graveyard for more triggers.
Homer, the Hermit + Scapeshift
Sacrifice your lands and fetch the same number. Each land that enters is a separate Homer trigger.
10How to Play
Opening hand
Keep hands with three or four lands and a cheap Crab or ramp spell. Homer on turn three is ideal.
Early gameturns 1-3
Play Homer, cheap Crabs like Hedron Crab and Ruin Crab, and ramp like Farseek or Nature's Lore.
Mid gameturns 4-7
Add extra land drops with Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and multipliers like Bruvac the Grandiloquent.
Late gameturn 8+
Cast Scapeshift or Splendid Reclamation for a big landfall turn, or wipe and mill with Singularity Rupture.
Tips
- Fetch lands give two landfall triggers, one for the fetch and one for the land it finds. Bounce lands return a land you can replay for another trigger.
- Homer counts himself, so he always mills at least two cards per target.
- Spark Double can copy Homer without the legend rule, and both trigger on every land.
- Milling doesn't win on its own. Opponents lose when they need to draw from an empty library.
Common mistakes
- Targeting yourself with Homer when you don't have a use for the cards.
- Playing your land before Crabs or multipliers are on the battlefield.
- Filling opponents' graveyards against reanimator decks without Bojuka Bog ready.
- Overextending Crabs into a board wipe.
Watch out for
- Graveyard decks that benefit from your mill.
- Effects that shuffle graveyards back into libraries.
- Board wipes.
- Removal on Homer and Bruvac.
11Bracket and Rule 0
Our list runs 1 Game Changer (Crop Rotation), within the Bracket 3 limit of three.
This is a Bracket 3 (Upgraded) style deck with one Game Changer, Crop Rotation.
It has no infinite combos, but Scapeshift with Homer and a multiplier like Bruvac or Ancient Greenwarden can mill a table in one turn, so mention it at Rule 0.
12Full Decklist
Every card in our Homer, the Hermit proxy deck (100 cards). Hover or tap a name to see the card.
Commander
- 1Homer, the HermitBGU
Creatures (27)
- 1Hedron CrabU
- 1Purple PentapusB
- 1Ruin CrabU
- 1Shorecomber CrabU
- 1Aftermath Analyst1G
- 1Iceberg Cancrix1U
- 1Lotus Cobra1G
- 1Purple-Crystal Crab1U
- 1Sigiled Starfish1U
- 1Sinister Starfish1B
- 1Azusa, Lost but Seeking2G
- 1Bruvac the Grandiloquent2U
- 1Chomping Changeling2G
- 1Dryad of the Ilysian Grove2G
- 1Mutable Explorer2G
- 1Spiny Starfish2U
- 1Charix, the Raging Isle2UU
- 1Icetill Explorer2GG
- 1Roaming Throne4
- 1Spark Double3U
- 1Uchuulon3B
- 1Mirelurk Queen4U
- 1Tatyova, Benthic Druid3GU
- 1Yarok, the Desecrated2BGU
- 1Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait4GU
- 1Ancient Greenwarden4GG
- 1Crabomination4BB
Instants (9)
- 1An Offer You Can't RefuseU
- 1Crop RotationG
- 1Arcane Denial1U
- 1Assassin's TrophyBG
- 1CounterspellUU
- 1Drown in the LochUB
- 1Growth SpiralGU
- 1Heroic Intervention1G
- 1Harrow2G
Sorceries (12)
- 1ReanimateB
- 1Farseek1G
- 1Life from the Loam1G
- 1Nature's Lore1G
- 1Rampant Growth1G
- 1Three Visits1G
- 1Cultivate2G
- 1Kodama's Reach2G
- 1Planar Engineering3G
- 1Scapeshift2GG
- 1Splendid Reclamation3G
- 1Singularity Rupture3UBB
Artifacts (6)
- 1Sol Ring1
- 1Arcane Signet2
- 1Conduit of Worlds2GG
- 1Hedge Shredder2GG
- 1Maskwood Nexus4
- 1The Water Crystal2UU
Enchantments (6)
- 1BurgeoningG
- 1ExplorationG
- 1Scuttletide1U
- 1Springleaf ParadeXGG
- 1Black Market Connections2B
- 1Spelunking2G
Lands (39)
- 1Bojuka Bog
- 1Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1Breeding Pool
- 1Command Tower
- 1Dimir Aqueduct
- 1Evolving Wilds
- 1Exotic Orchard
- 1Fabled Passage
- 1Flooded Strand
- 3Forest
- 1Golgari Rot Farm
- 1Hedge Maze
- 3Island
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 1Overgrown Tomb
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Prismatic Vista
- 1Rejuvenating Springs
- 1Simic Growth Chamber
- 2Snow-Covered Forest
- 2Snow-Covered Island
- 2Snow-Covered Swamp
- 2Swamp
- 1Terramorphic Expanse
- 1Undercity Sewers
- 1Underground Mortuary
- 1Undergrowth Stadium
- 1Verdant Catacombs
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Windswept Heath
- 1Zagoth Triome
Get the deck
Homer, the Hermit Crab Landfall proxy deck
Homer turns every land into a pile of milled cards. Build the Crabs, play lands, and empty their libraries.
Every card in this guide is shown exactly as it prints in the deck you get, sleeve-ready, with tokens.
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