Dance of the Elements by bcf2001

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color kindred midrange strategy commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells in hand evoke {4} and creates a temporary token copy with haste whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. This engine effectively halves the casting cost of high-impact Elementals while doubling their enters-the-battlefield triggers. Early turns focus on mana fixing and tribal acceleration through creatures like Smokebraider and Flamebraider. On Turn 4, Ashling begins deploying value creatures such as Mulldrifter and Risen Reef to build an insurmountable card and mana lead. By Turn 6, the deck transitions into lethal pressure with heavy hitters like Omnath, Locus of Rage, Maelstrom Wanderer, and Cavalier of Flame, overwhelming all three opponents with hasty attacks and direct damage by Turn 8. While rich in card advantage and graveyard resilience, the list lacks stack interaction and dedicated protection, relying on proactive threat density.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated