Ashling, the Limitless by KhalDrogo

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashling, the Limitless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Elemental tribal midrange engine commanded by Ashling, the Limitless. Ashling grants all Elemental permanent spells in hand evoke {4} and creates a hasty token copy whenever a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed. This mechanic turns cheap evoke creatures like Mulldrifter, Shriekmaw, and Foundation Breaker into double-trigger value spells that also leave temporary attacking bodies. The deck accelerates in the early turns using tribal mana dorks like Flamebraider and Smokebraider alongside artifacts and cost reducers. On Turn 4, it establishes Ashling and begins chaining doubled enters-the-battlefield triggers through Risen Reef, Molten Echoes, or Yarok, the Desecrated. On Turn 5, it transitions into critical onset by deploying massive finishers such as Maelstrom Wanderer, Omnath, Locus of Rage, or Avenger of Zendikar, threatening overwhelming combat damage and death-trigger burn. It defends this engine with a dense package of one-mana protection spells and versatile removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, the Limitless
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Foundation Breaker
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grave Sifter
  • 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 1 Ingot Chewer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jubilation
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lamentation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mass of Mysteries
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shimmercreep
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Slithermuse
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Subterfuge
  • 1 Sunderflock
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated