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Alania, Divergent Storm - Cute Animal Tribal

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Bracket

  1. B1
  2. B2
  3. B3
  4. B4
  5. B5

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About this deck

A blue and red Commander deck led by Alania, Divergent Storm, 100 cards, saved by a ScrollVault player. Bracket 2 (Core) by our bracket engine.

Checked October 10, 2026 with ScrollVault's bracket engine v389 · what changed in each version · how the engine is tested

Why it is Bracket 2

What sets it: Held at Bracket 2 by our default for decks with no Game Changers: nothing in the list requires a higher bracket, and its optimization (33/75) is high but below our upgrade threshold.

  • Alternate win condition detected: Twenty-Toed Toad — present but lightly supported
  • High optimization — score 33/75 (21 interaction spells, 23 card-advantage sources, avg CMC 2.7) — raises this deck above its hard floor

Before you sit down: This is a strong Bracket 2: its build quality (optimization 33/75) is in Bracket 3 range, but it has no Game Changers and nothing in the list requires Bracket 3. A Bracket 3 deck doesn’t need Game Changers, so we look for signs of a deliberate upgrade instead: here, its synergy engine is deep (12 pairs), but its optimization is 2 points short of our upgrade threshold (33 of 35); past that threshold, we would also need our goldfish simulation to win by about turn 6 (this deck: about turn 11). If your table judges decks by card quality, it can fairly play as a soft Bracket 3, so it’s worth a quick 2-vs-3 check before the game.

This deck runs no Game Changers. See the full Game Changers list and the bracket rules.

Deck at a glance

  • 100 cards: 34 lands and 65 other cards, plus the commander.
  • Average mana value of the nonland cards, commander included: 2.71.
  • Color identity: blue and red.
Mana valueNonland cards
00
19
221
321
411
52
61
7+0

For a land count and colored sources matched to this curve, run the list through the mana base calculator; for what other decks at this bracket run, see Commander deck ratios by bracket.

Decklist

Commander

  • Alania, Divergent Storm

Creatures (25)

  • Alania's Pathmaker
  • Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • Coruscation Mage
  • Curiosity Crafter
  • Daring Waverider
  • Dour Port-Mage
  • Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam
  • Harnesser of Storms
  • Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • Kindlespark Duo
  • Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • Lightshell Duo
  • Lutri, the Spellchaser
  • Mindwhisker
  • Pollywog Prodigy
  • Rapid Augmenter
  • Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
  • Splash Lasher
  • Stormcatch Mentor
  • Stormsplitter
  • Tempest Angler
  • Thieving Otter
  • Thundertrap Trainer
  • Twenty-Toed Toad
  • Valley Floodcaller

Instants (21)

  • Blink of an Eye
  • Chaos Warp
  • Chemister's Insight
  • Disdainful Stroke
  • Dive Down
  • Electrodominance
  • Ionize
  • Lightning Strike
  • Negate
  • Opt
  • Quench
  • Radiating Lightning
  • Radical Idea
  • Rescue
  • Shock
  • Sonic Assault
  • Teferi's Time Twist
  • Thought Collapse
  • Unexplained Disappearance
  • Unwind
  • Wizard's Lightning

Sorceries (16)

  • Banefire
  • Chart a Course
  • Clear the Mind
  • Cosmotronic Wave
  • Deface
  • Divination
  • Mind Spring
  • Otterball Antics
  • Pearl of Wisdom
  • Precision Bolt
  • Rolling Thunder
  • Skewer the Critics
  • Splash Portal
  • Step Through
  • Temporal Machinations
  • Tormenting Voice

Artifacts (1)

  • Sol Ring

Enchantments (2)

  • The Mirari Conjecture
  • Wizard Class

Lands (34)

  • 15 Island
  • Izzet Guildgate
  • Memorial to War
  • 15 Mountain
  • Reliquary Tower
  • Sulfur Falls

Deck saved by a ScrollVault player; the bracket, receipts and counts are computed by ScrollVault from the list as saved. (Card data and combo sources are credited below.) · Deck builder gallery · Commander deck builder

Card data and images from Scryfall. Combo data from Commander Spellbook.