Commander

Alania, Divergent Storm

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

814 Wins

1621 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alania, Divergent Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,449 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (814–1621) at an Elo of 1,553, ranking #1099 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 288649 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alania, Divergent Storm's win rate?

Alania, Divergent Storm has a 33% win rate across 2449 recorded Playgroup games (814 wins, 1621 losses).

How long do winning games with Alania, Divergent Storm take?

Wins with Alania, Divergent Storm take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 months.

How many decks use Alania, Divergent Storm?

765 decks list Alania, Divergent Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 488 have played at least one recorded game.

Alania, Divergent Storm Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1099

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1553

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 288649

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 13 minutes

No. decks for this commander 765

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 488

No. games played with this commander 2449

Total hours played 6 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1661	phille	44	18	41 %
2	1629	BartOrge	7	6	86 %
3	1592	DominanceTM	18	9	50 %
4	1588	Blade4	7	4	57 %
5	1573	Gidi	10	5	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alania, Divergent Storm wins, 47.57% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

47.57%

Combat

34.07%

Combo

11.3%

Alternative

3.3%

Commander Damage

2.04%

Mill

1.73%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 842 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Alania, Divergent Storm

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Alania, Divergent Storm decks that leave them out.

+5.4 pp

Top card: Command Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Command Tower 289 games	+5.4 pp	289
2	Arcane Signet 304 games	+4.5 pp	304
3	Frantic Search 222 games	+4.2 pp	222
4	Artist's Talent 257 games	+3.8 pp	257
5	Talisman of Creativity 208 games	+3.3 pp	208
6	Big Score 211 games	+2.7 pp	211
7	Archmage Emeritus 192 games	+2.7 pp	192
8	Reliquary Tower 230 games	+1.7 pp	230
9	Harmonic Prodigy 152 games	+1.7 pp	152
10	Ponder 212 games	+1.6 pp	212

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Brainstorm 91 games	+1.4 pp	91
12	Flame of Anor Signature build 167 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	167
13	Veyran, Voice of Duality 170 games	+0.4 pp	170
14	Ral, Crackling Wit 253 games	+0.3 pp	253

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Alania, Divergent Storm wins 37.52% of games from position 1 and 24.47% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.52% n=781

Seat 2

35.83% n=762

Seat 3

28.19% n=564

Seat 4

24.47% n=376

Seat 5

30.77% n=52

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alania, Divergent Storm wins 31.42% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.42% n=1257

1 mulligan

36.27% n=397

2 mulligans

32.56% n=129

3 mulligans

23.08% n=26

4 mulligans

30.0% n=10

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alania, Divergent Storm 3.87/5 on average, across 1813 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alania, Divergent Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.0% of the time across 843 tracked wins.

70.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Alania, Divergent Storm. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.