A.S.S (Anti Sally Squad) by user2500270

Format: Commander

Commander: Elsha of the Infinite

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Elsha of the Infinite leads a Jeskai grudge deck whose stated purpose is to make one specific player miserable: it is built around board wipes, counterspells, and mass land destruction. The strategy is simple and brutal - deploy symmetrical punishment permanents like Ankh of Mishra, Zo-Zu the Punisher, Sulfuric Vortex, Manabarbs, and Blood Moon, then resolve Armageddon, Ravages of War, or Obliterate so every replayed land and every tapped land costs life. Elsha of the Infinite is the card-flow engine, converting the top of the library into flash-cast noncreature spells and synergizing with Sensei's Divining Top. The finish is attrition: Dingus Egg turns each land death into 2 damage to the table, Ankh of Mishra and Zo-Zu the Punisher tax every land drop, and Sulfuric Vortex locks out lifegain. There is no fast combo or efficient closer - the deck is designed as a punishment weapon, wins slowly or not at all, and is perfectly happy to make the entire pod suffer.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ankh of Mishra
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armageddon
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avalanche Riders
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Boom // Bust
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Catastrophe
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Citadel of Pain
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cleansing Wildfire
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decree of Annihilation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dingus Egg
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 From the Ashes
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Impending Disaster
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Obliterate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pillage
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Price of Glory
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Ravages of War
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Ruination
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stone Rain
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tectonic Edge
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Wildfire
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher