Ashling element by nicknameBOB

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental tribal midrange build commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. The strategy centers on leveraging Ashling's static ability, which grants all Elemental permanent spells in hand an evoke cost of {4}. When an Elemental is cast for its evoke cost, it enters the battlefield, gets sacrificed, and triggers Ashling's second ability to produce an identical token copy with haste. This loop generates double enter-the-battlefield triggers from value creatures like Mulldrifter, Cloudkin Seer, and the Cavalier cycle. Card advantage engines such as Risen Reef rapidly draw lands and action, fueling explosive turns. The deck closes games through direct damage engines including Champion of the Path, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Warstorm Surge, paired with aggressive combat steps from high-power hasty tokens like Supreme Exemplar and Blistering Firecat. Supported by a resilient 40-land base, the deck maintains steady recovery and board pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Air-Cult Elemental
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Ashling the Pilgrim
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avatar of Growth
  • 1 Blistering Firecat
  • 1 Bloodwater Entity
  • 1 Boreal Elemental
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Brushfire Elemental
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
  • 1 Chillbringer
  • 1 Chlorophant
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Elemental
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cloudkin Seer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Trailblazer
  • 1 Dawn Elemental
  • 1 Deepfire Elemental
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Driftgloom Coyote
  • 1 Dust Elemental
  • 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enraged Flamecaster
  • 1 Eon Frolicker
  • 1 Eris, Roar of the Storm
  • 1 Evercoat Ursine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flamekin Herald
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 1 Morselhoarder
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Overgrowth Elemental
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Scythe of the Wretched
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Supreme Exemplar
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 White Lotus Tile
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil