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Overview:
A Derevi, Empyrial Tactician deck focused on tap/untap synergies and creature-based control, utilizing ETB effects and combat triggers to generate incremental advantage while maintaining board control.
Primer:
The deck aims to establish control through Derevi, Empyrial Tactician's ability to tap and untap permanents at key moments. The strategy revolves around using ETB effects from creatures like Acidic Slime and Fiend Hunter for removal, while leveraging tap abilities from creatures and artifacts for value. Combat damage triggers from Derevi enable repeated untapping of key permanents, creating a flexible control engine. The deck can win through combat damage or by accumulating overwhelming advantage through repeated ETB triggers and control elements.
Weaknesses:
The deck lacks focused win conditions and relies heavily on combat damage to close games. Board wipes can be particularly devastating as the strategy depends on maintaining creatures. The mana base includes many enters-tapped lands which significantly slows the deck's tempo.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
- Murkfiend Liege
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Conjurer's Closet
- Control Magic
- Karmic Guide
- Sol Ring
- Mirror Entity
- Rubinia Soulsinger
- Sword of the Paruns
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 4/10
- Resilience: 5/10
- Consistency: 4/10
- Interaction: 6/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a casual level with some interesting synergies but lacks the speed and consistency of higher-powered decks. While it has decent interaction through ETB effects and tap abilities, it struggles to close games quickly and relies heavily on combat damage. The deck would perform well against other casual decks but would struggle against more focused strategies. The inclusion of many tap lands and a relatively unfocused win condition strategy keeps it from reaching higher power levels.
Final power level rating: 4.0 - 4.5
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