Dance of ze Elementals by Howyaledouxin

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Elemental tribal midrange engine commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells cast from hand evoke {4} and creates a temporary hasty token copy whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. This ability turns expensive high-impact creatures like Mulldrifter, Cavalier of Thorns, Titan of Industry, and Maelstrom Wanderer into discounted double-trigger value engines. The deck accelerates through early mana dorks like Smokebraider and Flamebraider before deploying trigger doublers such as Panharmonicon, Yarok, the Desecrated, and Annie Joins Up. Once established, the deck transitions from raw card draw and ramp into a decisive wide-board assault backed by direct burn from Champion of the Path and token armies from Omnath, Locus of Rage and Avenger of Zendikar. While the deck generates massive value and overwhelming board presence, it lacks countermagic protection and relies entirely on proactive synergy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling's Command
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Belonging
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Catharsis
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Emptiness
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genesis Ultimatum
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Mana
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 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 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vibrance
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated