Ashling, the Archenemy by Venancci

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

Ashling, the Limitless helms a dynamic five-color Elemental synergy and aristocrats deck that weaponizes enters-the-battlefield abilities, evoke costs, and death triggers. By granting all Elemental permanent spells evoke {4} and copying sacrificed nontoken Elementals as hasty tokens, Ashling doubles every creature's impact while slashing the mana cost of game-ending threats. The deck accelerates in the early turns using mana dorks, land ramp, and specialized tribal accelerators like Smokebraider before deploying Ashling on Turn 3 or 4. From there, evoking staples like Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, and Titan of Industry generates explosive card advantage, ramp, and board presence. The primary victory route leverages Rottenmouth Viper, Champion of the Path, or Living Death on Turn 5 to inflict massive per-opponent life loss and resource attrition, closing out games by Turn 6 across just one opponent response cycle. While vulnerable to Torpor Orb effects and well-timed commander removal, the deck's deep reanimation package and redundant tribal threats ensure robust recovery and relentless pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Ashling, the Limitless
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Birthing Ritual
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Carpet of Flowers
• 1 Cavalier of Dawn
• 1 Cavalier of Gales
• 1 Cavalier of Thorns
• 1 Champion of the Path
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Dawn's Truce
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flamebraider
• 1 Flamekin Harbinger
• 6 Forest
• 1 Foundation Breaker
• 1 Fury
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Greater Good
• 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1 Havoc Eater
• 1 Heartless Summoning
• 1 Ignoble Hierarch
• 1 Impulsivity
• 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
• 1 Ingot Chewer
• 1 Interdisciplinary Mascot
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Lamentation
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Persist
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Plains
• 1 Razorverge Thicket
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Risen Reef
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Rottenmouth Viper
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Shinestriker
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Shriekmaw
• 1 Shroudstomper
• 1 Smokebraider
• 1 Sodden Verdure
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Starting Town
• 1 Subterfuge
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 The World Tree
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Titan of Industry
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Twinflame Travelers
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vernal Fen
• 1 Vernal Sovereign
• 1 Vicious Rivalry
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Wight of the Reliquary
• 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
• 1 Yavimaya Coast