Ashling, the Limitless by user8605284

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a five-color Elemental tribal deck helmed by Ashling, the Limitless, whose evoke-granting ability lets you cast large Elementals for a steep discount in exchange for their sacrifice. The deck's primary game plan is to generate overwhelming value from ETB and death triggers: Risen Reef draws cards, Champion of the Path burns each opponent on every Elemental enter, and Omnath, Locus of Rage creates 5/5 tokens on landfall while its death trigger picks off targets. Sundial of the Infinite turns the temporary token copies from Ashling's second ability into permanent threats, and Horde of Notions re-animates Elementals from the graveyard to grind out combat wins. The average mana value is high (4.05), but a dense ramp package (9 mana sources including Sol Ring) and multiple cost reducers such as Urza's Incubator and Herald's Horn help deploy threats ahead of curve. Secondary win conditions include Cavalier of Flame's haste-granting ability to end games with a massive swing, and Descendants' Fury that tutors an Elemental directly onto the battlefield after combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avengers Monitoring Station
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Doom Variant
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Grave Sifter
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Havoc Eater
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 2 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shinestriker
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Shroudstomper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated