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Horde of Notions

Legendary Creature — Elemental

Vigilance, trample, haste
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: You may play target Elemental card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Color identity
BGRUW
Rarity
rare
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#6588
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Horde of Notions card art
Horde of Notions puts a 5/5 trample, haste, vigilance body into play and immediately threatens to rebuy any Elemental in your graveyard for five mana — the cost is five mana across all five colors, which pins it firmly to decks that can reliably produce WUBRG. It earns its slot in Ashling, the Limitless builds and anywhere Jegantha, the Wellspring is floating around as a companion, but outside Elemental tribal it has almost nothing to offer.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Ashling, the Limitless

Ashling, the Limitless

65.2% of decks · synergy 0.62

Ashling, the Limitless runs an Elemental tribal engine, and Horde of Notions is the recursion engine that keeps it fueled — once Elementals start hitting the graveyard through combat or sacrifice loops, Horde lets you replay the best ones without touching your hand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Horde of Notions is worth serious consideration — it wants an Elemental-dense shell, a commander that justifies the five-color commitment, and enough ramp to make the activated ability live before the game ends. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no meaningful play; a 5/5 for five with a slow recursive ability doesn't compete at those power levels. Modern is the same story: the rate is fine but the payoff is too slow and too tribal-specific to find a home in a competitive metagame. Horde of Notions is a Commander card through and through, and even there it's a role-player, not a headliner.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

3,720 decks
Horde of NotionsJegantha, the WellspringAshling's CommandMaelstrom Wanderer

Horde of NotionsJegantha, the WellspringAshling's CommandMaelstrom Wanderer

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite cascade with mana value equal to the next spell you cast; Infinite colored mana; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite token copies of Elementals you control with haste; Infinite creature tokens with haste

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1,087 decks
Horde of NotionsAshling's CommandNyxbloom Ancient

Horde of NotionsAshling's CommandNyxbloom Ancient

Infinite ETB; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite token copies of Elementals you control

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499 decks
Horde of NotionsAvenger of ZendikarPhyrexian Altar

Horde of NotionsAvenger of ZendikarPhyrexian Altar

Infinite recursion of Elemental cards in your graveyard; Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Horde of Notions sits in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its narrow tribal application. The price is stable — there's no crossover demand from competitive formats pushing it up, and the Elemental tribal playerbase that does want it is already well-supplied.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.