Testing Cards that are Banned against Legacy

[Bongo]

Interesting experiment.

I've tried to break Hermit Druid and Metalworker, but ended up without much success.


Hermit Druid was used in slightly modified Hermit Reanimator list from the old Extended. Turned out that the combo is very fragile and you pretty much lose the game if there is a well-timed Swords, Fanatic, Tormods Crypt, counter or any removal whatsoever (which is pretty rampant in Legacy).
I ran this against Goblins, Threshold and Solidarity a few times, but gave up pretty quickly because I lost too much.


Metalworker was also less than stellar. I built an artifact prison deck with Staff of Domination for a combo kill around it. While it fared better than the Hermit Druid deck, it had similar problems concerning removal and counters. The deck sometimes choked on me because I was stuck on high-cc artifacts when I couldn't use Metalworker. Also, Null Rod, Kataki and Serenity destroyed this deck.
I basically think it is worse than affinity while having the same problems.


I don't think "real" creatures deserve to be on the banned list simply because creature-based strategies are so fragile. Also, the unbanned Goblin Lackey is better than both Hermit Druid and Metalworker.


Edit: Earthcraft is being tested in a combo deck with Squirrel Nest, but so far it has not been doing very well. It is also severly underpowered when compared to Solidarity and Iggy Pop. There is no definitive conclusion yet, as there is something I might be overlooking. If someone manages to break this one, please post a decklist.