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Wow. This is pretty nuts. Ignoring the whole part of it being optionally a creature (which makes it a LOT stronger) this is crazy strong. Annihilate would be the standard for this - so pretty much Murder +
for cantrip, which is the commonly known pattern. You also have to remember that cycling and abilities in general are harder to counter than spells. WotC also has a habit of overcosting common removal these days, so I would expect the cycling here cost like 
or so if it were previewed in a standard set as a common. It would still obviously be red-flagged.
This is common creature destruction at affordable prices. It feels like nowadays the cheapest permissible cost to "destroy target creature" is "Concede the game". But it probably is both too cheap and too common.
Sort of the indirect vs direct approach in the same card. Seems like it might be a little pushed for a common though.
(((Haunting Presence))) has the same issue still.
Perhaps...
> If cycling a card / a cycling ability would cause you to draw a card (or search your library for a card), you may instead ....
Removed "instead of drawing a card".
I would say it might be okay to just might cycling in general the trigger, while (((Haunting Presence))) then feels more balanced to me given that that's a restriction.
Hmm, regarding the last ability, the current wording doesn't translate correctly to typecycling effects such as "Islandcycling".
Also, "attacks each combat if able".
Looks good. I think the name and creature type should be phoenix instead of pheonix...
It still mentions discarding so now you can infinitely recur two of these with a discard outlet by discarding one and returning the other each time. Infinite discards!
Yea, that seems the best solution. Either replacement of cycling with returning to hand, or triggered by cycling to return to hand.
The card that comes to my mind is Arclight Phoenix. It has been gaining a lot of popularity recently (~20$). Considering how hard the trigger is to pull of (you very likely would have to build around it) this Ashna seems OP. I mean, it even works with discarding. It's essentially free 2/2 haster with flying. Heck, I could see it in dredge, but it could quite easily be a thing almost everywhere. Discard your Ashna phoenixes to recur your Ashna phoenix - feel free to ignore mana costs and color!
Maybe something that replaces the draw of cycling with returning this to your hand?
Dealing damage with a red planeswalker or instant/sorcery is harder to do, and Chandra's Phoenix returns to hand, so it just shows how OP this Ashna card is.
Ok, when (theme) do (pheonix). Cool. Very cool.
Flying hast 2/2 for 3 on top of it... it's kinda a baby 'nix? It's certainly strong. Maybe not unreasonably so. Some cards are allowed to be good.
... closest comparison is probably Akoum Firebird. Which this is smaller than, and 1 cheaper than. It doens't have a mana-cost on its rebirth; maybe it should? But then again, its rebirth trigger is a lot harder to hit than landfall, so it wouldn't want to be that rridiculously high.
Oh! Actually, this is almost exactly Chandra's Phoenix with a different set-thematic trigger. Sure, perfectly costed, according to that.
A pheonix slot is called for, given the Ashna descriptions. Might be pushed though, I'd consider removing haste, or changing it to return to your hand instead of battlefield. But the concept is there - a Pheonix that also is a cycling enabled card, in an appropriate color.
Trying to get creative here with what cycling can do.