Oppenheimer by araya

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck leverages Ashling, the Limitless to turn expensive Elementals into efficient four-mana evoke spells. Whenever an evoked nontoken Elemental dies to its sacrifice trigger, Ashling produces a token copy with haste, doubling enters-the-battlefield triggers while enabling immediate combat pressure. The deck ramps hard on Turns 1 and 2 to cast Ashling on Turn 3, then utilizes card-drawing engines like Risen Reef and Elemental Bond to fuel continuous evoke plays. Massive threats such as Champion of the Path, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Rottenmouth Viper close out games through a blend of direct burn and combat damage. While explosive in card advantage and board presence, the deck relies heavily on its commander remaining on the battlefield and carries minimal stack interaction or plan shielding.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aethersnipe
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Ashling, the Limitless
• 1 Belonging
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Burnt Offering
• 1 Cavalier of Dawn
• 1 Cavalier of Night
• 1 Chakram Retriever
• 1 Champion of the Path
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Descendants' Fury
• 1 Dina's Guidance
• 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Enraged Flamecaster
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flamebraider
• 3 Forest
• 1 Foundation Breaker
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Fury
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Gathering Stone
• 1 Grand Coliseum
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1 Heartless Summoning
• 1 Helga, Skittish Seer
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Horde of Notions
• 1 Ignoble Hierarch
• 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
• 1 Interdisciplinary Mascot
• 3 Island
• 1 Jubilation
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
• 1 Lamentation
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Mass of Mysteries
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Muster the Departed
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Noxious Newt
• 1 Nulldrifter
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 3 Plains
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Regal Force
• 1 Risen Reef
• 1 Riveteers Ascendancy
• 1 Rottenmouth Viper
• 1 Rumbleweed
• 1 Shared Roots
• 1 Shriekmaw
• 1 Shroudstomper
• 1 Silverglade Elemental
• 1 Smokebraider
• 1 Starfield Vocalist
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
• 1 Subterfuge
• 1 Sunderflock
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
• 1 Temur Ascendancy
• 1 Temur Battlecrier
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
• 1 Titan of Industry
• 1 Twinflame Travelers
• 1 Vernal Sovereign
• 1 Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Yarok, the Desecrated