01. Earth Wind and Fire

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Elemental tribal midrange engine commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants evoke {4} to all Elemental permanents cast from hand and creates a hasty token copy whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. This setup converts high-cost Elementals into cheap, explosive enter-the-battlefield bursts that generate extreme card advantage, burn, and board presence. Early turns focus on establishing mana dorks and color fixing, deploying Ashling on Turn 3, and casting discounted evoke threats on Turn 4. On Turn 5, cards like Rottenmouth Viper, Champion of the Path, or Kindred Summons create a decisive threat state that closes the game on Turn 6 via hasty combat damage and direct burn. The deck is backed by an elite suite of phasing and indestructible protection spells, ensuring high resilience against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Eclipsed Flamekin
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Sifter
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Meteor Crater
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pillar of the Paruns
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Riveteers Ascendancy
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Rumbleweed
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Shroudstomper
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slithermuse
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Watery Grave