Horrible Hordes
Artifact Creature — Spirit
Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #28556
Horrible Hordes is a three-mana 1/1 with banding and rampage 1 — two mechanics so outdated and low-impact that the card offers essentially no meaningful board presence in any competitive context. Skip it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Horrible Hordes is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is doing all the work here — playability is another matter. In Commander, banding is one of the most complicated and least rewarding mechanics in the game, and rampage 1 requires multiple blockers just to grant +1/+1, making Horrible Hordes functionally irrelevant in a format defined by large boards and fast threats. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic shell for a 1/1 with no immediate impact. This card exists as a trivia answer, not a deck inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Horrible Hordes sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no demand pressure to change that. It's a penny-bin curiosity — the price reflects the play rate.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.