Ashling, the Extinguisher

Ashling, the Extinguisher is a straightforward creature-based control engine that turns combat damage into targeted discard-style effects—except you're forcing opponents to sacrifice their best creatures instead. She's a 4/4 for four mana with evasion potential through black's suite of effects, making her a legitimate threat while she strips resources from the table. Your gameplan is to stick Ashling early, protect her, and swing in to pick apart opponents' board presence one sacrifice at a time.

Build around Ashling by focusing on efficient evasion, recursion, and small utility creatures that buy time. Cards like Whispersilk Cloak or Trample-enablers help her connect reliably. Since you're forcing sacrifices every turn she damages someone, defensive opponents will struggle to rebuild. Pair her with creatures that synergize with sacrifice (Zulaport Cutthroat, Viscera Seer) to generate value while you strip their board. The deck plays like a midrange Aristocrat shell—lean into death triggers and creature recursion so you refill your hand while Ashling does the heavy lifting.

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