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Price
€484.37of €500.00
Overall win rate
16%34 wins in 208 scored games
Games
260 (52)played in 26 tournaments, 52 not scored (time limit)
Rank
41in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1432 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 37 lands, 11 of them basic
Game Changer
1of at most 3 allowed
Combos
2complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

grey: role in the deckGame Changer counts for the bracketCombo part of a comboAI can't play replaced in tournamentsAI limited played weakly by the AI

Commander (1)

Creatures (42)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (7)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (37)

Ashling, the Limitless
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

Combos in the deck (2)

Detected from the decklist (Commander Spellbook): theoretically possible, see Spellbook for requirements. Whether a combo actually came together in games is shown above under “What the games show”.

  • Ashling, the Limitless + … → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand
    6 versions, each with one of: Greenwarden of Murasa · Grave Sifter · Animar, Soul of Elements · Ashnod's Altar · Temur Battlecrier
  • Horde of Notions + Jegantha, the Wellspring + Maelstrom Wanderer + … → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    2 versions, each with one of: Ashling's Command · Ashnod's Altar

Commander Spellbook lists 8 entries because every version counts separately (for example with a different sacrifice outlet). Here each combo counts once.

Show all 8 entries
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Animar, Soul of Elements + Greenwarden of Murasa → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Ashnod's Altar + Greenwarden of Murasa → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Greenwarden of Murasa + Temur Battlecrier → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Animar, Soul of Elements + Grave Sifter → Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB
  • Horde of Notions + Jegantha, the Wellspring + Ashling's Command + Maelstrom Wanderer → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Ashnod's Altar + Grave Sifter → Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Ashling, the Limitless + Grave Sifter + Temur Battlecrier → Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
  • Jegantha, the Wellspring + Horde of Notions + Ashnod's Altar + Maelstrom Wanderer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers

Adjusted for the Forge AI

The list above is the best tested version, the way you would play it in real games. The Forge AI can't play a few cards – they were replaced in the tournament (the deck builder also rearranges other slots within the budget). The win rate comes from games with these replacements; the original cards themselves were not tested by the AI.

In the list (original cards)
  • Greater Good: AI can't play it
  • Incandescent Soulstoke: AI can't play it
Played instead in the tournament
  • Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound: replacement
  • Eclipsed Flamekin: replacement

What the games show

From 208 analysed games in 26 tournaments (tournament lists as played by Forge). Games that hit the time limit don't count, just like in the rankings. Values in brackets: average of all decks in the same price class. “logged”: recorded in the game log. “indication”: recurring pattern, but no proof of cause and effect.

Play style: mixed – 74% combat damage, the rest direct damage

Strengths

No clear strength in the logs.

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 0% wins without it, 18% with it indication (20 games without, 188 with commander)
  • Often eliminated first: in 32% of games (all-deck avg: 25%) logged (67 of 208 games)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 208 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Jubilation avg 2.2hit in 21 of 208 games
  2. Ashling, the Limitless avg 1.9hit in 92 of 208 games
  3. Mass of Mysteries avg 1.8hit in 41 of 208 games

Damage when used when it hits

Total damage ÷ games in which the card dealt damage – its strength when used

  1. Elemental Token avg 25.1hit in 13 of 208 games
  2. Jubilation avg 22.2hit in 21 of 208 games
  3. Grave Sifter avg 14.5hit in 11 of 208 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

Cards that most often knocked an opposing commander out of the game

  1. Elemental Token 10×208 games in deck
  2. Maelstrom Wanderer 9×208 games in deck
  3. Omnath, Locus of Rage 9×208 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

Opposing cards destroyed, exiled, bounced or countered when this card resolved (tokens excluded)

  1. Shriekmaw 45×avg 0.2 per game · 208 games in deck
  2. Titan of Industry 36×avg 0.2 per game · 208 games in deck
  3. Reality Shift 34×avg 0.2 per game · 200 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 20% of 1583 attackers blocked in total, 14% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Zombie Token 9×blocked in 3 games
  2. Squirrel Token 5×blocked in 3 games
  3. Faerie Mastermind 3×blocked in 3 games

Rarely cast candidates to cut

Cards in this list that were cast least often in their games – often too expensive or too slow (lands excluded)

  1. Subterfuge 0%cast in 0 of 208 games
  2. Bane of Progress 5%cast in 10 of 208 games
  3. Kodama's Reach 6%cast in 13 of 208 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 34 wins came

  • by turn 79%
  • turns 8–99%
  • turns 10–1135%
  • turns 12–1315%
  • turn 14+32%

Combos in play logged Ashling, the Limitless + Animar, Soul of Elements + Greenwarden of Murasa: all pieces cast in 4 games, 2 won · Ashling, the Limitless + Ashnod's Altar + Greenwarden of Murasa: all pieces cast in 2 games, 1 won · Ashling, the Limitless + Greenwarden of Murasa + Temur Battlecrier: all pieces cast in 2 games, 2 won · Ashling, the Limitless + Animar, Soul of Elements + Grave Sifter: all pieces cast in 1 games, 0 won

Mana curve without lands

Average 4.37

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5
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8
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13
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7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
14 / 14
Card draw
9 / 9
Removal
9 / 9
Board wipe
3 / 2
Protection
0 / 2
Strategy
27 cards no target

Count / target from the EDHREC average deck (the line), red means clearly below. Strategy: the remaining cards without one of these roles, such as the creatures and effects the deck is built around. 62 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
42
Instants
5
Sorceries
5
Artifacts
7
Enchantments
3
Lands
37

Most expensive cards

Scrubland
€100.00
Fierce Guardianship
€51.46
Scalding Tarn
€28.11
Arid Mesa
€27.18
Misty Rainforest
€25.10
Verdant Catacombs
€24.21
Animar, Soul of Elements
€20.18
Polluted Delta
€19.12

What the program has learned

Each tournament the deck tests one card. A verdict needs at least 40 games with and without the card. Since the deck is rebuilt every tournament with current prices and data, tested cards can drop out again later.

  • no clear difference Timeless Lotus instead of Birds of Paradise · win rate 16% with, 17% without (167 / 41 games)

6 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €484.37 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

Open Cardmarket Wants

Prices without shipping. Individual cards may have become cheaper or more expensive on Cardmarket.

Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 10 · average place 42.1 · 0× top 3 · 1× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

Played by the Forge AI, four players per game. An average deck wins 25%. How are decks tested?