Dance of the Elements - Bracket 3 Upgrade by secret_dragon

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Elemental tribal midrange powerhouse commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. The strategy revolves around leveraging Ashling's universal evoke {4} ability to cheat high-cost Elemental permanents onto the battlefield well ahead of curve. When an evoked nontoken Elemental is sacrificed upon entry, Ashling creates a temporary token copy with haste, effectively doubling the card's enter-the-battlefield triggers and providing immediate combat pressure. The deck pairs this mechanic with potent tribal engines like Risen Reef, Horde of Notions, and trigger doublers like Roaming Throne to generate explosive card advantage and ramp. Removal is seamlessly integrated into the creature suite with cards like Foundation Breaker, Shriekmaw, and Fury. Games are closed out through massive token swarms, trample overruns via Rumbleweed, and lethal burn from Omnath, Locus of Rage and Rottenmouth Viper.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 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 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Riveteers Ascendancy
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Rumbleweed
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast