Derevi by user4635478

Format: Commander

Commander: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant midrange and tempo build centered on Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. The primary game plan uses evasive creatures and enter-the-battlefield triggers to control combat and generate mana advantage through untap triggers. In the early game, the deck ramps and deploys Derevi to tap opposing blockers and untap utility lands or mana rocks. In the mid-to-late game, it generates tokens with Kazandu Tuskcaller and blinks value creatures using Roon of the Hidden Realm or Mistmeadow Witch. The deck closes games through combat damage boosted by Mirror Entity or Murkfiend Liege. Strengths include high commander resilience due to Derevi's tax-evading ability and strong board-sweeping tools like Bane of Progress. Its main limitations are a slow mana base with many tapped lands, zero nonland tutors, and an extended damage clock that gives opponents multiple turns to find answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Aerie Mystics
  • 1 Aethermage's Touch
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Azorius Keyrune
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Bant Panorama
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Curse of Inertia
  • 1 Curse of Predation
  • 1 Curse of the Forsaken
  • 1 Darksteel Ingot
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deceiver Exarch
  • 1 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
  • 1 Diviner Spirit
  • 1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
  • 1 Dungeon Geists
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Flickerform
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Hada Spy Patrol
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kazandu Tuskcaller
  • 1 Kirtar's Wrath
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Leafdrake Roost
  • 1 Leonin Bladetrap
  • 1 Lu Xun, Scholar General
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mistmeadow Witch
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Phantom Nantuko
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Presence of Gond
  • 1 Restore
  • 1 Roon of the Hidden Realm
  • 1 Rubinia Soulsinger
  • 1 Rupture Spire
  • 1 Saltcrusted Steppe
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Selesnya Charm
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildmage
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Skyward Eye Prophets
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonecloaker
  • 1 Surveyor's Scope
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Paruns
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tempt with Glory
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thornwind Faeries
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thunderstaff
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Unexpectedly Absent
  • 1 Wash Out
  • 1 Winged Coatl
  • 1 Wonder