Ashling, Elementals by Narasham

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental tribal midrange build commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells in hand evoke {4} and produces a hasty token copy whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. This mechanic allows the deck to cast expensive threats like Titan of Industry, Avenger of Zendikar, and Omnath, Locus of Rage for four mana while doubling their enter-the-battlefield triggers. The deck ramps on Turns 1 through 3, establishes Ashling on Turn 3, and begins evoking threats on Turn 4. Critical onset occurs around Turn 6 through mass reanimation with Haunting Voyage or burn multipliers like Champion of the Path. The plan closes the game by Turn 8 through combat and direct damage. The deck features strong engine recovery and natural tribal redundancy, but lacks countermagic and instant-speed protection to shield Ashling from targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 End-Blaze Epiphany
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Vibrance
  • 1 Wistfulness
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated