Derevi flicker

Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant)

bobano

Creature (46)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Blade Splicer
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dungeon Geists
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Mesmerizing Benthid
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Prime Speaker Vannifar
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Wingmate Roc
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (38)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 4x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Opal Palace
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Saltcrusted Steppe
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Treva's Ruins
• 1x Unstable Frontier
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Commander (1)

Instant (6)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent

Artifact (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Guardian Project

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Overview

Early stage idea for a Derevi, Empyrial Tactician deck utilizing a toolbox style of play with Birthing Pod and blink effects to maximize etb and ltb triggers.

Gameplan

We have three main advantage "engines": our Toolbox user:birthing pod package, and Blink/Flicker effects.

Tutors

Key Cards:

• Birthing Pod
• Prime Speaker Vannifar
• Eldritch Evolution
• Mimic Vat

This is where we get to have the most fun. We run Birthing Pod , Prime Speaker Vannifar , and Eldritch Evolution as ways of tutoring up whichever play is most needed. When Birthing Pod is online and we can activate it numerous times a turn, it feels dirty. Mimic Vat isn't a tutor, but it plays really nicely with the rest of this package.

Future Expansion: Survival of the Fittest , Fauna Shaman , Chord of Calling , Green Sun's Zenith , Sylvan Tutor , Eladamri's Call , Worldly Tutor , Primal Command , Recruiter of the Guard , Natural Order

Flicker/Blink

Key Cards:

• Eldrazi Displacer
• Deadeye Navigator
• Restoration Angel
• Felidar Guardian
• Flickerwisp
• Roon of the Hidden Realm

Why have just one ETB trigger when you can have infinite? Eldrazi Displacer is our best blinker, but Deadeye Navigator is a close second. Roon of the Hidden Realm and Restoration Angel are the next best, one being repeatable and the other being the much better type of blink/flicker. Flickerwisp and Felidar Guardian aren't anything to scoff at either, it just goes to show how I value the others.

Potential Expansion: Nephalia Smuggler , Mistmeadow Witch , Angel of Condemnation , Glimmerpoint Stag , Wispweaver Angel

Value-Town

This is the majority of the cards in the deck, some super fun, some just a necessity. It is commander afterall, there are some staples you can't really avoid.

Ramp

Creature:

• Avacyn's Pilgrim
• Coiling Oracle
• Farhaven Elf
• Wood Elves
• Yavimaya Elder
• Solemn Simulacrum

Artifact:

• Sol Ring
• Azorius Signet
• Selesnya Signet
• Simic Signet
• Basalt Monolith

While both parts of this equation are important, the creatures have the added bonus of being Birthing Pod fodder.

Future Expansion: card: noble heirarch, Birds of Paradise , Worn Powerstone , Thran Dynamo , Mana Vault , Mana Crypt , Grim Monolith

ETBs

Key Cards:

• Coiling Oracle
• Elvish Visionary
• Eternal Witness
• Reclamation Sage
• Farhaven Elf
• Flickerwisp
• Wood Elves
• Frilled Mystic
• Mystic Snake
• Restoration Angel
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Sower of Temptation
• Acidic Slime
• Karmic Guide
• Mesmerizing Benthid
• Mulldrifter
• Peregrine Drake
• Thragtusk
• Duplicant
• Greenwarden of Murasa
• Linvala, the Preserver
• Progenitor Mimic
• Sun Titan
• Avenger of Zendikar
• Terastodon
• Honorable Mention: Reveillark
• Honorable Mention: Protean Hulk

This is the bread an butter of the deck. It makes it play out differently every time, and is never stale.

Potential Expansion: Palinchron , Recruiter of the Guard , Phantasmal Image , Venser, Shaper Savant , Sakashima the Impostor , Woodland Bellower , Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite , Woodfall Primus

Removal

Key Cards:

• Acidic Slime
• Duplicant
• Reclamation Sage
• Terastodon
• Trygon Predator
• Angelic Purge
• Oblivion Ring
• Bant Charm
• Beast Within
• Swords to Plowshares

The necessary part of any commander deck. If you're doing broken things, so are your opponents. You'd better be able to answer them.

Future Expansion: Supreme Verdict , Wrath of God , Day of Judgment , Path to Exile , Song of the Dryads , Cyclonic Rift , Council's Judgment

C-C-C-Combos

Infinite Mana:

• Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
• Eldrazi Displacer + Peregrine Drake

Infinite Flicker:

• Basalt Monolith + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Eldrazi Displacer
• Deadeye Navigator + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Simic Growth Chamber or any other bounce land
• Basalt Monolith + Eldrazi Displacer + Restoration Angel

Add in Champion of Lambholt for mass unblockable.

Add in Guardian Project for infinite draw.

Recursion:

• Birthing Pod + Karmic Guide + Reveillark or Prime Speaker Vannifar + 4-drop
• Eldrazi Displacer + Sun Titan
• Eldrazi Displacer + Eternal Witness or Greenwarden of Murasa

Stax

Gameplan

The other popular Derevi, Empyrial Tactician build type is stax. I chose to remove this package for two reasons: it isn't fun to play against, and it is kind of expensive. Anyway, here was the write up:

Key Cards:

• Stasis
• Winter Orb
• Rising Waters
• Hokori, Dust Drinker

With Derevi, Empyrial Tactician and any one of these, we often get to essential Time Walk our opponents for turns on end. As early as turn 4, we can be the only ones able to play magic. That's actually one of the reasons this package takes a backseat to the others, it can be pretty infuriating to play against and commander is about fun.

Potential Expansion: Static Orb , Tangle Wire , Gaddock Teeg , Aven Mindcensor

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Eldrazi Displacer + Peregrine Drake Deadeye Navigator + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Eldrazi Displacer + Sun Titan Basalt Monolith + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Eldrazi Displacer Basalt Monolith + Eldrazi Displacer + Restoration Angel Birthing Pod + Karmic Guide + Reveillark Eldrazi Displacer + Eternal Witness
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	98
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 3/4 W, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Illusion 0/2 U, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Plant 0/1 G