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Horde of Notions
Legendary Creature — Elemental · {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander
What Horde of Notions actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: You may play target Elemental card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · trampletrample
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Horde of Notions deck needs
Plays as elemental typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Elementals (it plays one from the graveyard free for WUBRG)
- self-mill
The Horde of Notions deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
- 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 28× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 10× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Horde of Notions
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden12 mana
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger12 mana
- Ancient Stone Idol10 mana
- Apex Devastator10 mana
- Blightsteel Colossus12 mana
- Charred Foyer // Warped Space10 mana
- Darksteel Colossus11 mana
- Emrakul, the Promised End13 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Akroma's Will4 mana
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Cover of Darkness2 mana
- Wonder4 mana
- Reverse the Polarity3 mana
- Cultist of the Absolute1 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar2 mana
- Runaway Steam-Kin2 mana
- Flamekin Harbinger1 mana
- Mossborn Hydra3 mana
- Xorn3 mana
- Akoum Hellhound1 mana
- Fleeting Effigy1 mana
- Floodhound1 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Aftermath Analyst2 mana
- Ripples of Undeath2 mana
- Smuggler's Surprise1 mana
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch3 mana
- Six3 mana
- Argoth, Sanctum of Nature0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Entomb1 mana
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
Combos with Horde of Notions
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Horde of Notions is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Horde of Notions + Jegantha, The Wellspring + Ashling's Command + Maelstrom Wanderer4,867 decks
- Horde of Notions + Jegantha, The Wellspring + Ashnod's Altar + Maelstrom Wanderer1,404 decks
- Horde of Notions + Ashling's Command + Nyxbloom Ancient1,393 decks
- Horde of Notions + Jegantha, The Wellspring + Molten Echoes969 decks
- Horde of Notions + Jegantha, The Wellspring + Ashling's Command + Temur Ascendancy569 decks
- Horde of Notions + Avenger Of Zendikar + Phyrexian Altar534 decks
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