Oops All Otters by azzena

Format: Commander

Commander: Alania, Divergent Storm

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy led by Alania, Divergent Storm, designed to leverage Otter and Wizard typal synergies alongside potent spell-copy mechanics. The deck aims to spend the early turns sculpting its hand and setting up the mana curve using cantrips and efficient ramp. Once Alania resolves on Turn 5, she immediately doubles the impact of your first instant, sorcery, or Otter spell each turn, generating substantial card advantage and tempo. The primary win condition relies on chaining low-cost noncreature spells alongside damage multipliers such as Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Vivi Ornitier, while Bria, Riptide Rogue grants unblockable evasion to large prowess attackers. Supported by powerful countermagic and modular bounce spells like Cyclonic Rift, the list can disrupt opposing game plans while building toward an explosive Turn 6 onset and a decisive Turn 7 table elimination.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Clinquant Skymage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Disperse
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Filter Out
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glittering Stockpile
  • 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Ionize
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Learn from the Past
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Smirking Spelljacker
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier