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Triumph of the Hordes

Sorcery2 generic manaGreen manaGreen mana

Overrun rewritten in the language of poison. The Overrun template (an anthem with trample stapled to it) has always been the green wide-board finisher, converting a developed battlefield into lethal in a single attack step. Swapping out raw damage for infect changes the math underneath that finish: now the threshold is ten poison counters, not the opponent's life total, and the +1/+1 each creature gets is counting toward that smaller, fixed number. A trio of modest creatures that could never push twenty through chump blocks suddenly only needs to land for ten, and trample helps the counters get past whatever sits in the way. The genius and the danger both live in how front-loaded the kill becomes: a board that looks unthreatening on life totals is one cast away from a lethal poison swing the opponent never saw building. Against creatures the infect keyword does its second job, distributing -1/-1 counters that shrink or kill blockers permanently rather than dealing damage that resets at end of turn. The card asks for nothing it cannot reasonably expect from a green deck (bodies on the battlefield) and rewards that with a kill condition that bypasses lifegain and the comfortable assumption that thirty-plus life is a safe cushion.

Triumph of the Hordes (soa)
SOA · #59mythic
Pricing
Normal: $12.65
Foil: $17.36
Oracle Text

Rules text

Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and infect. (Creatures with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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