Elemental Explosion by Musicalmed77

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental tribal deck commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling provides immense mana efficiency by granting all Elemental permanent spells in hand an alternate evoke cost of {4}. Whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed, Ashling creates a token copy with haste, effectively doubling all enter-the-battlefield abilities and providing immediate combat pressure without paying full mana costs. The early game focuses on developing mana through land fixing and dedicated tribal ramp creatures like Smokebraider and Flamebraider. Once Ashling resolves on Turn 3, the midgame explodes by evoking powerhouse creatures such as Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, Avenger of Zendikar, and Omnath, Locus of Rage. The deck overwhelms opponents with massive token armies, ETB burn, and haste attacks, finishing games around Turn 7. While it generates explosive card advantage and board presence, the deck relies heavily on creature combat and runs minimal stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
  • 1 Elemental Spectacle
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enraged Flamecaster
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explosive Prodigy
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Gildweaver
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 1 Flaring Cinder
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Hoofprints of the Stag
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kulrath Mystic
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Lavaleaper
  • 1 Living Twister
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 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
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prideful Feastling
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Prismabasher
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Sizzling Changeling
  • 1 Slithermuse
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squawkroaster
  • 1 Stratosoarer
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Summit Sentinel
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated