Copy Otter by JDubs21

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy led by Alania, Divergent Storm. The primary game plan focuses on casting efficient cantrips and mana accelerators during early turns, establishing Alania, Divergent Storm or a potent Magecraft engine on Turn 5, and unleashing an explosive storm turn on Turn 6. By duplicating high-impact rituals such as Mana Geyser and Bonus Round, the deck generates vast quantities of mana to cast a lethal, doubled Crackle with Power that eliminates all opponents in a single burst. Card advantage is driven by engines like Archmage Emeritus and Rhystic Study, which trigger on both casts and copied spells to maintain full hands. The deck supports its proactive strategy with efficient removal like Resculpt, Pongify, and Chaos Warp, while using redirect and copy spells like Narset's Reversal and Return the Favor for stack interaction and protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
• 1 Calamitous Tide
• 1 Chain Reaction
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Coastal Peak
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Coruscation Mage
• 1 Crackle with Power
• 1 Creative Technique
• 1 Dance with Calamity
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
• 1 Double Vision
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fork
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gifts Ungiven
• 1 Harmonic Prodigy
• 1 Harnesser of Storms
• 1 Increasing Vengeance
• 7 Island
• 1 Isochron Scepter
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Guildgate
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Molten Tributary
• 1 Molten-Core Maestro
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Notorious Throng
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pearl of Wisdom
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Prismari Campus
• 1 Prismari Charm
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
• 1 Rapturous Moment
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resculpt
• 1 Resonating Lute
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Reverberate
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Rite of Replication
• 1 Rousing Refrain
• 1 Rush of Inspiration // Crackling Falls
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Spectacle Summit
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Stormcatch Mentor
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Summon: G.F. Cerberus
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thousand-Year Storm
• 1 Thundertrap Trainer
• 1 Traumatic Critique
• 1 Twincast
• 1 Twinning Staff
• 1 Valley Floodcaller
• 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality