Horde? More Like a Mess!

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Control Five Color

Triton

Land (31)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (5)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (25)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Postmortem Lunge
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Bat
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Flamekin Spitfire
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Morselhoarder
• 1x Narcomoeba
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Scorched Rusalka
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spikeshot Elder

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

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5C Hermit Druid Combo: Elemental Edition!

Here's my attempt at making a competitive Horde of Notions deck. No, this is not your ordinary Elemental tribal deck that pub stomps your local playgroup, but a deck that can win super fast with a cheap combo. It was actually coincidence midway through building the deck that I realized that the combo was basically the same as this deck's, however there are slightly less options for backup plans, making Horde of Notions a slightly less reliable general for Hermit Druid shenanigans, but still a relatively decent one.

Combo

Generic Combo (For Those who don't know)

This combo costs to initiate, along with a Hermit Druid without Summoning Sickness. There are about 13 Tutors for him alone, so finding him shouldn't be too difficult. Here's the basic way to kick off the combo:

1) ,; Put your entire library in grave (we don't use any basics)

• This triggers Narcomoeba.

• Unearth Fatestitcher for .

  • it to untap a land (for either protection if you have extra mana or for the next step.

2) Flashback Dread Return for Necrotic Ooze (Nooze)

• Give Nooze haste with Blighted Bat's ability

• Generate infinite colored mana with Morselhoarder's and Devoted Druid's abilities

This is the basic combo that you use in 5C Hermit Druid.

The Zesty Combo

3) Using your copious amounts of mana, cast Horde of Notions.

4a) You can cast Flamekin Spitfire from the graveyard, then infinitely ping all your opponents.

4b) You can also use Spikeshot Elder's ability via Nooze to also machine gun your opponents down.

Why Horde of Notions is a Good Commander

• Super low curve. Believe it's possible to make the deck's average mana cost less than two, but I can't think of any other backup plans with infinite mana.

• Can combo out super easily. It costs a minimum of to win with this deck.

Why Horde of Notions is Probably Not Tier 1

• Has all the same weaknesses as the original Hermit Druid Combo.

• ...and there's not many other alternate ways to win with this deck so far that I can think of. Gotta not being able to cast your commander.

• Falls to hate bears. Gaddock Teeg is a nightmare for this deck. That's why we have removal.

Endnote

Horde of Notions is actually a pretty decent commander. He has access to a cheap combo that takes a little investment and it's elementals for goodnesses' sake! One of the drawbacks of the deck is that it is a one-trick pony for the most part and doesn't have much of a backup plan, unlike Scion of the Ur-Dragon.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.74
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
Folders	Brewing Ideas