Ashling - Deckcheck Upgraded to B4 by Alcon

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy five-color Elemental tribal midrange engine piloted by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells in hand an alternate evoke cost of {4} and creates a temporary token copy with haste whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. The deck accelerates through early turns using potent tribal ramp like Smokebraider and Bloom Tender. By Turns 3-4, it establishes card draw engines such as Risen Reef, Up the Beanstalk, and Elemental Bond. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into lethal aggression by evoking large threats like Champion of the Path, Cavalier of Flame, and Maelstrom Wanderer, which generate massive hasty attackers and burn each opponent simultaneously. Free interaction and flexible evoke-based removal safeguard the setup, enabling a reliable table elimination on Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Aethersnipe
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grave Sifter
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Shroudstomper
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast