Zurgo Helmsmasher is cool. I made a deck based around him. I'll probably fix this description up, but I'm too tired right now.
Notable combos / synergies:
Archetype of Aggression
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
or
Rouse the Mob
- Trample with him is wonderful
Generator Servant
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
or Stormbreath Dragon - Turn 3 with double haste baby!
Athreos, God of Passage
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
- The one problem with Zurgo is that he dies easily... Athreos forces them to pay life unless they want to see him next turn again, though!
Fall of the Hammer
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
- Destroy something, make him bigger. Cool.
Iroas, God of Victory
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
- Lose 2 dudes or I go straight for the face, your call. Plus, gives me a reason to be even more aggressive with my other creatures.
Herald of Torment
+
Zurgo Helmsmasher
- 12/7 p/t flying possible turn 5 (and at the worst, 10/5?) COUNT ME IN.
Soldier of the Pantheon
- It's a wedge set. Not a combo, but come on.
Secondary win condition in sideboard with Elspeth, idea thanks to RLLeaderO.
Anax and Cymede
+
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Give your 1/1s the boost they needed to destroy the opponent late game.
Anger of the Gods is useful and doesn't destroy Zurgo, Brimaz, or Stormbreath. Sideboard reasoning because it destroys everything else.
The rest should be self-explanatory.
MAYBEBOARD:
Hammer of Purphoros for secondary win-con with Anax and Cymede
+
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
might be viable.
Ephemeral Shields
can give Zurgo Helmsmasher on opponents turn (for burn reasons), or anything that needs it, indestructible just by tapping Brimaz, King of Oreskos and the 1/1 it creates in the best of situations. Worst scenario, hardcasting it doesn't seem too bad. What to replace, if anything...
I am definitely looking for suggestions if anyone has any ideas.