Ashling by ehochbein

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental tribal deck commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. The strategy revolves around using Ashling's ability to give all Elemental permanent spells evoke {4}. When an Elemental is cast for its evoke cost, it enters the battlefield, triggers its enter-the-battlefield ability, and is immediately sacrificed. Ashling triggers upon the sacrifice of any nontoken Elemental, creating a hasty token copy that triggers its abilities a second time. This interaction doubles the value of high-impact creatures like Titan of Industry, Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, and Champion of the Path. The mana base is supported by dedicated tribal ramp creatures like Smokebraider and Flamebraider, while Risen Reef keeps hand sizes full. The deck wins by delivering massive bursts of direct damage and attacking with large, hasty Elemental tokens, closing out games around turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shinestriker
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated