Ashaya Storm

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashaya's Enduring Bond

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Gruul "Discover storm" deck built around the unconventional legendary-sorcery commander Ashaya's Enduring Bond. The plan is to assemble infinite mana, then repeatedly cast the commander from the command zone - each cast's commander tax raises the Discover value, letting the chain dig progressively deeper through the library. Instants and sorceries hit your hand for end-of-turn casting, while permanents like Craterhoof Behemoth and Etali, Primal Conqueror come down free. The infinite mana almost always forks from Grinning Ignus plus a cost reducer (Ruby Medallion, Goblin Anarchomancer, or Birgi, God of Storytelling), and the kill is delivered through storm payoffs (Grapeshot, Empty the Warrens, Elemental Eruption) or a massive combat swing. The 99 is a capable RG goodstuff pile that can win on raw value (Kodama of the East Tree, Insurrection) even if the commander never resolves.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ashaya's Enduring Bond
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bard Class
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Black Tom Cassidy
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Broadcast Takeover
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curator of Sun's Creation
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Elemental Eruption
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Franklin Richards, Ascendant
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Hypergenesis
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myth Unbound
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prompto Argentum
  • 1 Quicksilver, Brash Blur
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zuran Orb