Horde of Protection EDH

Commander / EDH

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Creature (14)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (10)

• 1x Ashes of the Fallen
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (20)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Flash
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Show and Tell
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

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Creature (3)

• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Notion Thief

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Instant (2)

• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Dark Triumph

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Do you like to explode onto the table quickly, but don't want to end the game? Are you a Johnny, Combo Player in a casual playgroup? Do you want everyone else at the table to still have fun while you go nuts? Don't want to combo win or lock the game out? Then this is probably the deck for you. This is a casual Timmy-Johnny galore deck that aims to assemble an untouchable board.

The end goal is to get Avacyn, Angel of Hope into play with some protection: Sylvan Safekeeper, Mother of Runes, Archetype of Endurance , Lightning Greaves, Glen Elendra Archmage or other counterspells, etc. Once Avacyn is in play you could go for Nevinyrral's Disk, which is the most brutal thing this deck can do. Otherwise, just attack with her and Horde of Notions . Once Avacyn is in play with protection there are a few spells to watch out for: Cyclonic Rift, Humility, Hallowed Burial and All Is Dust. This is why counterspell backup is so important. They are all noncreature spells, so Glen Elendra Archmage is perfect. Forbid is nice too.

We are looking to cheat our big spells into play: Omniscience, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Consecrated Sphinx or Archetype of Endurance . I left out Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur on purpose because he prevents my friends from playing their decks, and I don't want to do that. A turn 1-3 Jin would be nice...Sticking to Consecrated Sphinx for now.

Here are the combos:

Show and Tell+ Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Omniscience, or Archetype.

Entomb+Reanimate, Animate Dead, Necromancy, or Obzedat's Aid (which can get Omniscience.

Tooth and Nail to get Avacyn or Platinum Angel or Archetype of Endurance or Sphinx, depending on your board.

Academy Rector+Flash=Omniscience.

Academy Rector + Phyrexian Tower = Omniscience.

Elvish Piper + big guys.

Survival of the Fittest + any creature in hand >acacyn, angel of hope>Loyal Retainers = Avacyn into play.

Jarad's Orders > Avacyn into graveyard, Loyal retainers into hand = Avacn into play.

You might be wondering why I chose Horde of Notions as the commander over the obviously betterChild of Alara. I've used Child for many years, and it is fun, but nobody else likes it. Nobody wants their stuff to be blown up. It makes you the immediate target even before shuffling up. People will try to keep you off your mana just so you can't cast Child. We don't want that. Also, Horde comes with a few perks (or you may call them quirks). Horde of Notions + Crib Swap is really funny. So is Ashes of the Fallen naming Elemental.

Inevitably you will get stuck with big creatures in hand, so we need ways to discard them or throw them into play: Show and Tell Elvish Piper Survival of the Fittest Izzet Charm Sultai Charm Windfall Wheel of Fortune.

Whip of Erebos is our one life gain card. Angelic Skirmisher is another option. Lots of effects make us lose life, not to mention being attacked. Since we're not combo winning it's important to get our life total back up so we don't die.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C