Elementals by user2259969

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental kindred midrange strategy commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells cast from hand evoke {4} and duplicates any nontoken Elemental sacrificed by generating an immediate, hasty token copy. This turns expensive high-impact Elementals like Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, Shriekmaw, and Titan of Industry into discounted double enters-the-battlefield engines. The deck ramps aggressively on Turns 1-3 with specialized kindred dorks like Smokebraider and Flamebraider, establishing Ashling on Turn 3 and unlocking explosive value turns on Turn 4. Critical onset is reached around Turn 6 by dropping overwhelming threats like Omnath, Locus of Rage, Maelstrom Wanderer, or Avenger of Zendikar, or casting Kindred Summons. Lethal damage is pushed across Turns 7-8 through trampling combat waves and landfall burn. While rich in card draw and board removal, the deck is vulnerable to sweepers and lacks instant-speed countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Elemental Spectacle
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 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
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 1 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
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of All
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrowth Elemental
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Slithermuse
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 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 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Worldsoul Colossus
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated