Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 258! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! This week Mark is joined by Calvin and Bill, two of Commandercast’s resident Horde lovers! We talk about building a horde deck, things to include to make your more rare themes work, and some ides on how to get the most out of your pile of token goodness!

CommanderCast Episode 258

Posted: August 22nd, 2016

Intros:

Calvin

Mark

GUEST: Billy

It’s official: the Minotaur Horde really does suck.

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Community:

Lay out the basic rules for Horde.

House Rules!

• Tokens continue to exist in the graveyard (makes Zombie effects lots o’ fun).
• Each survivor after the first only adds 10 (instead of 20) to the Survivor’s life total.
• Try to avoid including cards with activated or targeted abilities in your Horde.

Ways to use Horde to bring people together, either at your local shop, or around the kitchen table. Eventually everyone gets tired of beating each other up, this is a “No Tears” solution to keep playing.

Strategy:

How to build around themes and synergies.

• Tribal Synergies (Stromkirk Captain, Graf Harvest, Zuberi, Golden Feather)
• Type synergies (Artifacts, Enchantments)
• Color synergies (Crusade, Bad Moon)
• Thematic synergies (Innistrad-theme).
• Look for cornerstone pieces to build around, Lords, Anthems, and critical synergy pieces (Enchantment Horde’s Deadbridge Chant, Zombies’ Call to the Grave)

Technology:

Finding a place for pet cards in your Horde. Ignition Team IN GOBLINS! Things that are too expensive or cumbersome for Real Decks

• Hunted Wumpus
• Emmara Tandris
• Spawnwrithe
  • Trostani’s Summoner
  • Gruul War Chant
  • Permeating Mass
  • Juniper Order Ranger
  • Moldgraf Monstrosity
  • Kindercatch’s art
  • Scab-Clan Giant
  • Thresher Beast

Calvin: Kragma Warcaller, Destructive Force, Cleaver Riot

Mark: Evil Eye of Urborg & Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore, Vengeful Pharaoh, Krosan Beast

Outtro/Contacts:

Guests:  

Billy: ggodo on Commandercast.com // gundamdeathscythehellcustom(at)gmail(dot)com

Link to all Billy’s Hordes on Tappedout.net: http://tappedout.net/mtg-deck-folders/horde-1/

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Rachel – Email: Wiehernandez(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Blueram1409

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Clay – Email: EDHPanda(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)EDHPanda // Stream on Twitch: Pandalpaca (on twitter as (at)Pandalpaca)

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

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