ASHLING by Farside

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Elemental tribal midrange engine piloted by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants every Elemental permanent spell in hand an alternative evoke cost of four mana. Whenever an evoked nontoken Elemental dies upon entering, Ashling creates a temporary token copy with haste, triggering enter-the-battlefield abilities twice and providing immediate combat pressure. The deck leverages efficient tribal ramp such as Smokebraider and Bloom Tender alongside deep card engines like Risen Reef and Mulldrifter to rapidly churn through the library. In the midgame, it transitions from resource generation into lethal burst damage using heavy hitters like Champion of the Path, Cavalier of Flame, Maelstrom Wanderer, and Rottenmouth Viper. Protection pieces like Steely Resolve shield the board from spot removal, while Horde of Notions ensures powerful late-game recursion. The list excels at overwhelming opponents through compounding enter-the-battlefield triggers, rapid board rebuilding, and high-tempo hasty attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Ashling, the Limitless
• 1 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Bane of Progress
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Brighthearth Banneret
• 1 Cauldron of Essence
• 1 Cavalier of Flame
• 1 Cavalier of Gales
• 1 Cavalier of Thorns
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Champion of the Path
• 1 Collective Inferno
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cream of the Crop
• 1 Crib Swap
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Determined Iteration
• 1 Distant Melody
• 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flamebraider
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 6 Forest
• 1 Foundation Breaker
• 1 Fury
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1 Horde of Notions
• 1 Ignoble Hierarch
• 1 Impulsivity
• 1 Ingot Chewer
• 2 Island
• 1 Jubilation
• 1 Kindred Summons
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lamentation
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mass of Mysteries
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Path to Exile
• 2 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Realmwalker
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1 Risen Reef
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Rottenmouth Viper
• 1 Rumbleweed
• 1 Savannah
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Shimmercreep
• 1 Shinestriker
• 1 Shroudstomper
• 1 Smokebraider
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Steely Resolve
• 1 Subterfuge
• 1 Subtlety
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Taiga
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Titan of Industry
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Twinflame Travelers
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills