I've found it solid even against graveyard hate. You just switch modes to search for the maniac, play it then activate the druid. Most the countermagic out there doesn't stop hermit druid from being played either. I've been wanting to break it out again since chalice was the bane of the deck.

Love to hear more about the Hermit Druid list. I used a similar one a little over a year ago swapping an additonal dread return and elvish visionary instead of Azami and Anegl of Glory's Rise.

The Polymorph-esque part masks what it is at its base, low cc spot creature removal into exile. All previous polymorph effects "destroyed" to the best of my knowledge. I feel like adding "exile" is a dramatic change. In the past when blending one colors domain into another a player would usually have to pay a premium on CC or some other negative ie Unyaro Bee Sting. Reality Shift does not force a player to play a significant premium to cast a spell that does what white has historically done.

Regardless of play-ability (It is awesome) it's aful in terms of color pie. Let's just give blue a lightning bolt while we're at it.

Wheren't the rules recently changed so that when one part of an ability fizzle it does not effect adjourning abilities? Also if you are able to untap and activate an even number of times do you essentially keep humble defector? Wouldn't each activation on the stack happen passing it to your opponent and then back to you?

has anyone had any success pairing frantic search with treasure cruise?

U/W Delver. Its solves Delver's weakness in Oath very well while sacrificing a little speed. Maybe URW Delver. Is Stps better than Lightning bolt in most meta's?

I think this guy can be consistently cast t1 with 4 opals, 4 great furnace and the normal suite of moxen, sol etc in conjunction with rite of flame. The rites can be ditched later to the +2. In most instances this would lead to using the +2 on the first turn ditching sundering titan or tangle wire and lock your opponent down on T2. The question is whether this is any better than just playing a regular shop deck. The answer is probably no unless there is a really versatile way of mixng in U.

I was honestly surprised to see this was even a thread.

Having the tools to get around Spirit of the Labyrinth is one thing. Actually putting them in the 75 is another. My guess is people are still going to play the optimal cards since White Trash is not a matchup that occurs in great numbers, thus making Spirit more effective when it does happen.

You're right, dredge isn't going to cringe when it sees this card. But my experience has been that the dredge player doesn't waste his Draw 1 on a dredge 3 darkblast while slow playing against white trash. They usually go for the bigger dredgers. So having the 3 power be just a slighter improvement in a match that Spirit of the Labyrinth isn't even intended or main decked to help against is important.

the biggest thing this card does in the dredge match up is have a 3 power. I've played white trash against dredge a bunch. While the rest in peace T1 or T2 is nice, what happens more often is my opponent plays a bazaar, activates it once, I waste it, and then he slow plays. Having a 3 power allows a much faster clock than another 2/2 hatebear with no effect on dredge.

I can see this card making it worthwhile no to play enlightened tutor and Dark Confidant in a Wb hatebear deck. This allows the player to run 1-2 copies of rest in peace & stony silence allowing more main artifact hate which is always what I've found to be the biggest challenge while playing with white.

I don't think its playable in Oath, but it could be a sideboard piece in a G/R or even a straight green null rod-esque deck.

With this guy in play and no cards in hand would a bazaar activation allow you to dredge 4 times? Even if it did I dont think he fits quite yet, but its something to think about in the future.

I think the GG in Garruk maybe prohibitive in a tricolor deck. Maybe as a 1 of, but i dont think you need more than Ral x4 for the purposes of untapping lands since you'll do a full untap when you use Ral's ultimate, does some damage & recast stasis/ win.

I was thinking b2b as well, but I don't think its enough of advantage to warrant the inclusion. Stasis shuts down the artifact mana and Ral + Stasis shuts down the incoming lands so they can't build up their mana pool. Maybe even do a URg build with rootmaze.

Why not think a little outside the box. Ral Zarek keeps Stasis alive while continually locking down whatever lands, etc your opponents are able to play.

Has anybody tried using skullclamp in dredge?

That's where elvish visionary comes in. Dread return it and its the same function without activating an ability.

I did. I think its too linear of a formula. Doesn't allow that much versatility in case it gets disrupted. Plus if it gets caught with combo cards in hand its hard to get rid of them or cast them. Elvish Visionary can be cast to get a card then sac'd to dread return. Lab Maniac can be cast as well and I did it one game against MWS with grafdigger in play to win.

I'm not sold on fastbond, but it is 8 lands with an effective 52 card deck.

This is a deck I played with for a grinder at Top Deck Game in NJ a month ago and plan on playing again. It had some success beating dredge 2-0 in rd1, beating dredge 2-0 rd2, and losing to MWS 2-1 on draw in rd3. Afterwards I realized some mistakes I had made in the design so here is what I'm working with at the moment. Let me know what you think.

4x Hermit Druid
1x Laboratory Maniac
3x Dread Return
4x Narcomoeba
1x Bridge from Below
1x Elvish Visionary

4x Gitaxian Probe
4x Street Wraith
4x Green Sun's Zenith
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Fastbond
1x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
4x Mental Misstep
2x Cabal Therapy

4x Elvish Spirit Guide
5x Moxen
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal

2x Tropical Island
2x Bayou
1x Taiga
3x Wooded Foothills

That leaves 3 slots. My big debate was whether to add a 2nd win condition (lord of extinction+anger+brawn or sutured ghoul+dragon breath) or add more support such as thoughtseize, nature's claim, abrupt decay, ancient grudge, or deathrite shaman.