Dance of the Elements by matheusrayol

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color kindred midrange strategy commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling provides an asymmetric cheat engine by granting all Elemental permanent spells in hand evoke {4}, then cloning sacrificed nontoken Elementals as hasty token copies. The deck leverages this ability to double powerful enter-the-battlefield and death triggers from cards like Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, Titan of Industry, and Avenger of Zendikar at a severe mana discount. Dense 1- and 2-CMC ramp enables Turn 3 commander deployment and Turn 4 engine activation. Card velocity compounds through Risen Reef and Garruk's Uprising, while win conditions center on explosive combat swings amplified by Jubilation, Maelstrom Wanderer, and direct burn from Omnath, Locus of Rage. While the deck possesses immense value generation and resilient recursion lines, it lacks stack-based countermagic and dedicated protection spells, making careful timing around opposing removal essential.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Foundry Champion
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 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 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Skullmulcher
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tar Fiend
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Ygra, Eater of All