Dance of the Elements Upgraded v2 by geekasaurusrex

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color tribal midrange engine commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. It leverages Ashling's static ability to cast expensive Elemental creatures from hand for an alternate evoke cost of {4}. When an evoked nontoken Elemental enters and is sacrificed, Ashling creates a token copy with haste, triggering entering abilities a second time while providing immediate attackers. The deck ramps on Turns 1 and 2 with tribal mana producers like Smokebraider and Flamebraider before deploying Ashling on Turn 3. Starting on Turn 4, it chains powerful Elementals such as Nulldrifter, Shinestriker, and Cavalier of Thorns to draw cards and ramp lands. On Turn 5, it deploys game-ending threats like Avenger of Zendikar or Champion of the Path, creating overwhelming token armies that eliminate all three opponents on Turn 6. While vulnerable to instant-speed removal on Ashling, the deck achieves resilience through high threat density and graveyard recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shinestriker
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vibrance
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Winnowing
  • 1 Wistfulness
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated