Alania, Divergent Storm by NDyse10

Format: Commander

Creator: NDyse10

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and storm archetype commanded by Alania, Divergent Storm. It leverages Alania's ability to duplicate the first instant, sorcery, or Otter spell cast each turn by gifting opponents card draw, rapidly turning cheap card draw and rituals into substantial resource advantage. The midgame focuses on establishing compounding magecraft engines such as Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Veyran, Voice of Duality to generate huge amounts of Treasure mana and card velocity. The deck looks to assemble a lethal burst turn around Turn 6, converting explosive mana spells like Mana Geyser and Seething Song into an amplified Crackle with Power or widespread burn via Coruscation Mage. Alternatively, combat payoffs like Bria, Riptide Rogue and Balmor, Battlemage Captain provide wide prowess alpha strikes. While the deck lacks hard tutors and stax elements, its redundant draw engines and dense velocity make it consistent and explosive.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Daring Waverider
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Hall of Oracles
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightshell Duo
  • 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otterball Antics
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Rapid Augmenter
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Torrent
  • 1 Wizard's Staff