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With three Dungeon Command factions out there and a fourth coming in November, I know some people are already looking at making their own custom warbands. Share your custom warband lists and order decks here so we can compare and talk shop

We've been doing monthly tournaments at my store, so I've got some reasonably refined lists and have accumulated a fair number of figures to make Standard lists.  (We use the Canadian-style prize structure where everyone drafts figures out of boxes each tournament, and we've had 3 or 4 so far.)  Anyway, I've got 3 current decks.  Our next tourney is Sunday the 25th and I haven't decided which one to run yet, they alll seem pretty good to me.

Snig Toolbox

This deck's basic idea is to build up cards and leadership with the Hobgoblin Sorcerer (Arcane Ritual/Strength in Numbers) and then use that along with the flexibility of Snig to bury the opponent in cards/dudes.  The large goblin cicle tile has tons of annoying terrain, which makes it hard for them to rush you before you can get going, and Snig rules.  With a 5 creature hand you'll draw the whole deck quite quickly, so you can bust out the Shadow Mastiff, Umber Hulk, and Horned Devil right at the perfect time (hence Toolbox).  The Shadow Mastiff is especially awesome with Snig since it pops up at the start of your turn to kill a straggler or break up the enemy's advance.  The order deck also has some low-copy cards that are sometimes huge blowouts because with 4x Arcane Ritual you're going to draw most of the deck most games.  Early on you focus on grabbing treasure and setting up; unless your opponent has a similar engine you don't need to get super aggressive.

Snig the Axe
3x Hobgoblin Sorcerer
3x Goblin Archer
3x Goblin Champion
1x Umber Hulk
1x Shadow Mastiff
1x Horned Devil

4x Grovel - Just one defense card in the deck since Snig makes losses way less important; I like Grovel because everyone can use it
4x Death Sentence
4x Strength in Numbers
4x Arcane Ritual
3x Quick Jab
3x Nimble Strike - It's important that this works on Goblin Archers and boosts their ranged attack
4x Piercing Strike - The Goblin set made this slightly worse but it's still one of the best attack cards in the game IMO
2x Goblin War Cry - Not everyone's a goblin and I hate drawing tons of these early, but sometimes you need to swarm something to end the game
1x Shadowy Ambush
1x Fireball

Tiles: 1x Large Goblin Arcane Circle, 1x Large Cormyr Arcane Circle, small pieces mostly irrelevant

Bugbear Bowling

This is probably my favorite of the decks to play.  The whole plan is to create an uber-Bugbear Berserker (usually involving Undaunted Surge) and use it to to murder huge numbers of guys in one or two glorious turns of bloodshead.  Because the Bugbear gets a full untap every time he kills someone, you can use Stalk, Shaowy Ambush, etc between attacks to get the next target into range.  Support is Wisdom dudes for card draw and so that the Bugbear can get patched up by a Dwarf Cleric in a pinch, plus some small spiders to grab treasures, mess with line of sight, and sometimes sneak in a Piercing Strike like a jerk.  It's possible the card draw isn't necessary but I like it for insurance.  An arcane card draw variant is probably also possible, but I prefer the Wisdom one because needing to stand in Arcane Circles leaves you vulnerable sometimes and the Bugbear doesn't want to have to play defense.  Also, the Drow Priestess can use a bunch of the good Dex cards to get a hit in out of nowhere, and the Dwarf Cleric can scheme and use Str/Con cards.

Tarkon Draal - I think Rhynsera would also be fine here but 8 Ld can let you start Bugbear/Wis dude/Spider and cowering is appealing against a Bugbear
4x Bugbear Berserker
3x Demonweb Spider - Against ranged attackers, spawning one of these guys in an inconvenient spot is better than Grovel, it's sweet
3x Priestess of Lolth
2x Dwarf Cleric

3x Lolth's Blessing
2x Forceful Strike - Mostly lets the Dwarf Cleric knock people into Bugbear range, or if you just want to hit for 80, but can also set up Priestess finishes 
1x Spring Attack - I don't love this card since it has no damage bonus, but sometimes you just want your Bugbear to move super fast
3x Undaunted Surge - Remember this card increases all melee attack damage, even fixed amounts like Shadowy Amubush or Seize the Opportunity!
2x Shadowy Ambush
3x Scheme
4x Seize the Opportunity - This card is unreal.  It gets boosted by Undaunted Surge, and if it kills the attacker, the attack fails and the Bugbear untaps
2x Piercing Strike
2x Tough as Nails - Don't be afraid to use this card on a Bugbear on their turn even if you know you're going to replace it with Undaunted Surge on yours
4x Quick Jab  - Remember not to kill guys with this card before using your standard since you'll miss untaps and are less likely to draw out immediates
2x Uncanny Dodge
2x Stalk - I normally hate minors that move you and do nothing else since they cost a card, but sometimes you just need to get your Bugbear around

Tiles: Not super important, but I use the tightest spaces/most cover I can find, since it lets the Drow Priestess hide and in general the bugbear doesn't like getting shot.  Suggest avoiding anything with an Arcane Circle though, or lots of rough terrain; mostly you want a bunch of walls to hide behind to mess with ranged fire but not Bugbear movement.  Since none of your guys use Arcane Circles there's no reason to let War Wizards pop up in annoying places.

Ranged Adventurers

This deck is about using Str and Int to push people around and then shoot them, hopefully all at once either with Fireball or the Half-Orc Thug's Explosive Bolts power.  There's not a lot of defense of any sort, but the idea is to lure them into traps where you can use Behind Enemy Lines and the various pushes to get them out of position and deal a bunch of damage to all their dudes.  Also featuring card draw.  (I do sometimes not have card draw in my decks, I promise!  I had a Str/Con build I liked a lot without it but I took it apart to tinker.  It's possible I have a card advantage addiction problem...)

Rhynsera the Alarphon - I don't have my cards on me so likely misspelled this.  Tarkon Draal would likely also be fine but I like digging for Ritual
4x Half-Orc Thug
3x Drow Wizard
3x War Wizard
2x Dragon Knight - You almost always want to wait to deploy this guy with Behind Enemy Lines

2x Faerie Fire - Only a 2-of because it can clog your hand, but important if they drop a Dragon or something dumb like that
1x Blast of Force - For when some jerk tries to tie down a wizard in melee
4x Forceful Strike - This card is unreal good all the time, but especially when you're trying to knock guys into fireballs
1x Tough as Nails - Only the Dragon Knight can use it hence just 1, but you generally want it on him.  I could see going to two with Rhynsera
3x Behind Enemy Lines - The flavor text is 100% lies, I don't think I've ever tried to use this to gain morale, just surprise attack the rear all day
1x Shattered Weapon 
4x Arcane Ritual
4x Heroic Surge
4x Quick Shot
4x Shield
2x Fireball 

Tiles: Use at least one Cormyr arcane circle large tile since it has good sight lines.  A second of those is fine, but the Goblin arcane circle is also defensible since the cover/difficult terrain can help you channel attackers into a small area where you can more easily rock them with Explosive Bolts and Fireballs.

Those are my current decks.  I might try to do a tournament report about Sunday's event, or even get some video if I can find a camera.