Alania, Divergent Storm by user2811954

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and combat-focused build led by Alania, Divergent Storm. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost prowess threats and using Alania to copy the first instant, sorcery, or Otter spell cast each turn. By chaining combat pump spells such as Bulk Up, Unleash Fury, and Temur Battle Rage, the deck rapidly inflates power to knock out opponents through lethal combat damage. Card draw spells like Big Score and Archmage Emeritus keep the hand full of cheap fuel. Alternate win conditions include wide burn from Fiery Inscription and spell chaining with Thousand-Year Storm. While the deck delivers explosive single-turn burst damage, it lacks hard tutors and relies on sequential combat steps across multiple turns to finish the whole table. Its reliance on creature combat and minimal countermagic makes it vulnerable to well-timed removal and board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daring Waverider
  • 1 Defabricate
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Eel Umbra
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Nation Attacks
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Fire Sages
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Invigorated Rampage
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kindlespark Duo
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Lightshell Duo
  • 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Mysterious Stranger
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otter-Penguin
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rapid Augmenter
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanar, Innovative First-Year
  • 1 Sazacap's Brew
  • 1 Season of the Bold
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Thieving Otter
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince