Alania - Upgrade test by rmeade412

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and Otter typal build led by Alania, Divergent Storm. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost cost reducers and utility Otters early, casting Alania on Turn 5, and leveraging her ability to copy the first instant, sorcery, or Otter spell cast each turn. By copying cantrips, token generators, and burn spells, the deck builds significant card advantage and board presence. Win conditions center on scaling damage engines like Guttersnipe and Coruscation Mage, prowess swarms enabled by Bria, Riptide Rogue and Valley Floodcaller, or large finishers like Crackle with Power and Jaya's Immolating Inferno. The deck possesses solid single-target removal and interactive bounce spells, but lacks fast mana and dense tutors, relying instead on natural card draw. Because its primary win conditions depend on fragile creature engines surviving across multiple turns, the deck is vulnerable to board sweepers and heavy disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agate Assault
  • 1 Alania's Pathmaker
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Call to Mind
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduct Electricity
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Daring Waverider
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Disciple of the Ring
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Fires of Victory
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gandalf's Sanction
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Keyrune
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kindlespark Duo
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightshell Duo
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orbital Plunge
  • 1 Otter-Penguin
  • 1 Otterball Antics
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Rapid Augmenter
  • 1 Repulse
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Scorching Dragonfire
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splash Portal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Thieving Otter
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Valley Flamecaller
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Wizard's Staff