Evasive Maneuvers Upgraded by GoddessSerenity

Format: Commander

Commander: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a **Bant "Untap/Tap Stax"** deck led by Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. The core plan is to deploy cheap stax pieces (Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Deafening Silence, Rising Waters) to cripple opponents' development while using Derevi's combat-damage trigger to repeatedly tap or untap permanents - both as disruption (tapping down key blockers/mana) and as acceleration (untapping your own lands for extra mana, untapping Yisan, the Wanderer Bard for additional tutors). The deck generates value through Thassa, Deep-Dwelling / Roon of the Hidden Realm blinks, walkers like Venser, the Sojourner, and a handful of combat-damage-draw engines. The primary win condition is incremental combat damage from evasive creatures (Derevi, Toski, Bearer of Secrets, Wonder-enabled flyers), supplemented by Blue Sun's Zenith as a potential mana-sink finisher. The deck lacks fast mana and compact combo lines, relying on grinding out advantage over many turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aethermage's Touch
• 1 Arbor Elf
• 1 Aura Shards
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Justiciar
• 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1 Brokers Ascendancy
• 1 Brokers Charm
• 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
• 1 Citadel Siege
• 1 Control Magic
• 1 Curse of Inertia
• 1 Curse of the Forsaken
• 1 Darksteel Ingot
• 1 Deafening Silence
• 1 Depopulate
• 1 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• 1 Dismiss into Dream
• 1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Empyrean Eagle
• 1 Ephara's Enlightenment
• 1 Estrid, the Masked
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Faerie Conclave
• 1 Fiend Hunter
• 1 Flickerwisp
• 8 Forest
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Hushbringer
• 1 Intrepid Hero
• 10 Island
• 1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1 Krosan Grip
• 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1 Lu Xun, Scholar General
• 1 Martial Law
• 1 Mind Spring
• 1 Murkfiend Liege
• 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Noble Heritage
• 1 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Orzhov Advokist
• 1 Overrule
• 8 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Restore
• 1 Rising Waters
• 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 Sanctuary
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Skyward Eye Prophets
• 1 Slice in Twain
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Supply // Demand
• 1 Surveyor's Scope
• 1 Tempt with Glory
• 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1 Venser, the Sojourner
• 1 Wash Out
• 1 Willbreaker
• 1 Wonder
• 1 Yisan, the Wanderer Bard