Alania by Vahhs

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet Spellslinger Storm deck centered on Alania, Divergent Storm. It focuses on casting cheap cantrips, rituals, and draw spells to copy them and trigger high-output Magecraft and pinger engines. By deploying cost-reducers like Stormcatch Mentor and Artist's Talent alongside payoff creatures such as Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Storm-Kiln Artist, the deck converts single-turn spell chains into decisive table-wide damage. It can close games through direct noncombat burn, an exponential Stormsplitter token swarm, an overloaded Mizzix's Mastery, or an infinite copy loop with Ral, Storm Conduit and Return the Favor. A lean defensive package featuring Fierce Guardianship, Flusterstorm, and Mana Drain shields critical storm turns from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Assault
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Lilypad Village
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island