Alanai divergent storm by TheCheeze

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger and storm deck commanded by Alania, Divergent Storm. The primary strategy focuses on deploying cost reducers and mana artifacts on the early turns, establishing Alania by Turn 4, and unleashing an explosive storm turn on Turn 5. By leveraging Alania's ability to duplicate the first instant, sorcery, and Otter spell cast each turn, the deck generates immense mana through duplicated rituals like Jeska's Will and Seething Song while drawing through the library with Archmage Emeritus and Big Score. The deck achieves decisive table finishes either by swarming opponents with an exponential wave of hasty tokens via Stormsplitter and Sundering Eruption, or by burning the entire table with Coruscation Mage and Insult // Injury. While vulnerable to well-timed spot removal and countermagic, its high density of interchangeable engines provides strong resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flood of Recollection
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 1 Ingenious Mastery
  • 1 Insult // Injury
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Storm King's Thunder
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volatile Fjord