A slow shamble
Easy
- Shared life
- 40
- Setup turns
- 4
Zombie tokens and plain Zombies, a few token makers, one anthem and a Grave Titan. No board wipes, discard or life drain.
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Horde Commander
Survive together.
Play Horde Magic online with your pod or solo. Team up against a Zombie deck that plays itself: pick a difficulty, and Convoke deals the waves and scales it to your table.
On Convoke
We deal the Horde. You fight it.
Its turn in three clicks
Wave, Attack, End turn. We flip the cards.
Paper or digital
Your decks on camera, or in the playtester.
Scaled to your pod
More tokens and waves as the table grows.
Bring your own Horde
Load any deck from Archidekt or Moxfield.
How to play
How the fight works
Survivors
Play Commander as usual
One shared life
2–4 turns before it wakes
You winEmpty its deck and clear its board
The Horde
Flips cards until a non-token, then attacks
Haste and infinite mana
Casts from its graveyard and hand
It winsYour life hits 0
Difficulties
Pick how hard the Horde hits
Each difficulty picks the Horde's deck and its rules, then scales it to your pod. Start on Normal, and step up once you're winning with life to spare.
The classic Horde
Normal
- Shared life
- 30
- Setup turns
- 3
The classic Horde Magic list: 60 Zombie tokens, five anthems, Army of the Damned and Zombie Apocalypse.
View the deck on Archidekt
Big, mean and organized
Hard
- Shared life
- 25
- Setup turns
- 3
Fat Zombies and lords, with Plague Wind and Damnation to wipe your board.
View the deck on Moxfield
The apocalypse
Infernal
- Shared life
- 20
- Setup turns
- 2
The Hard deck with the harshest rules: the least life, the fewest setup turns and the most waves.
View the deck on MoxfieldScaled to your pod
Showing a table of 4 survivors.
Waves
Extra Zombie tokens
Easy
Waves per Horde turn
1
2
3
4+
Extra Zombie tokens+31
Normal
Waves per Horde turn
1
2
3
4+
Extra Zombie tokens+63
Hard
Waves per Horde turn
1
2
3
4+
Extra Zombie tokens+75
Infernal
Waves per Horde turn
1
2
3
4+
Extra Zombie tokens+125
Full scaling table
| Difficulty | Survivors | Waves (turns 1, 2, 3, after) | Extra tokens / 100 cards | Shared life | Setup turns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | 1 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| 2 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | +13 | 40 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | +31 | 40 | 4 | |
| 5+ | 1, 2, 2, 2 | +50 | 40 | 4 | |
| Normal | 1 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 2 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | +25 | 30 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1, 1, 1, 1 | +63 | 30 | 3 | |
| 5+ | 1, 2, 2, 2 | +100 | 30 | 3 | |
| Hard | 1 | 1, 1, 2, 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 2 | 1, 2, 2, 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1, 2, 2, 2 | +25 | 25 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2, 2, 2, 2 | +75 | 25 | 3 | |
| 5+ | 2, 3, 3, 3 | +125 | 25 | 3 | |
| Infernal | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 3 | +25 | 20 | 2 |
| 2 | 2, 2, 3, 3 | +25 | 20 | 2 | |
| 3 | 2, 3, 3, 3 | +50 | 20 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2, 3, 3, 3 | +125 | 20 | 2 | |
| 5+ | 3, 4, 4, 4 | +200 | 20 | 2 |
Our rules
Why we changed the Horde's rules
Convoke started with standard Horde rules. Once tables got going, the results were lopsided: outside of solo games, survivors won the large majority of their matches so we made some changes.
Bigger tables steamrolled the Horde
Standard Horde deals the same deck whether two or six of you sit down, and you all share one turn. Every extra survivor brings a full set of attackers, blockers and removal, while the Horde stays the same. So from three survivors on, we add Zombie tokens. A wave flips until it hits a non-token, so more tokens means bigger waves and more deck to grind through. From five survivors, the Horde also gets an extra wave each turn.
Life grew with the table
We started with 20 life per survivor, so a pod of five shared 100 life and could shrug off almost anything. Now life is one pool set by the difficulty, whatever the size of your pod. More players already means more ways to stay alive. Bringing healing should be part of your prep! Surely you brought a healer?
Winning tables had nowhere to go
Standard Horde is one deck and one set of rules. We added four difficulties, each with its own deck, life, setup turns and waves, so a pod that keeps winning can turn it up easily.
Solo already worked, and openings stay fair
Solo games were already a real fight, so one or two survivors still face the deck as written (Infernal adds a few tokens). On Hard and Infernal, the Horde's opening turns usually come a wave lighter, so you can set up before it runs at full speed.
FAQ
Questions about Horde
What is Horde Commander?
A co-op way to play Commander: the whole table plays as one team of survivors against the Horde, a deck of Zombies that attacks every turn. Empty its deck and clear its board to win.
Does someone have to play the Horde?
No. On Convoke the Horde is its own seat at the table. On its turn, its buttons reveal the wave, attack and end the turn, so everyone gets to play.
Can I play Horde solo?
Yes. Open a Horde table and start it alone. The Horde scales to the number of survivors, and a single survivor gets a gentler start.
Which difficulty should we pick?
Start on Normal. If you keep winning with plenty of life to spare, step up to Hard, then Infernal.
Do we need paper cards?
No. Play your paper decks on camera, or your decks in the playtester. The Horde is always on screen, dealt by Convoke.
Can we use our own Horde deck?
Yes. In the Horde section of the Game tab, open Customize and paste a deck link from Archidekt or Moxfield. You can also change life, setup turns, waves and tokens.
Is Horde free?
Yes. Horde is free to play on Convoke, like every other format.
Ready to hold the line?
Open a Horde table, pick a difficulty and invite your pod, or play it solo.
No paper deck at hand? Try the playtester