Derevi EDH: Untap the World

Commander / EDH* Control GWU (Bant) Ramp Tokens

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Instant (11)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Fog
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Holy Day
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Simic Charm

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Righteous Authority
• 1x Squirrel Nest
• 1x Steel of the Godhead

Artifact (8)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Obelisk of Bant
• 1x Soul Foundry
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Creature (29)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elite Arcanist
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Ith, High Arcanist
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Kazandu Tuskcaller
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Loam Dryad
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Puppeteer
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Rubinia Soulsinger
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Skyward Eye Prophets
• 1x Stonybrook Angler
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Willbreaker

Land (35)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 7x Forest
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 10x Island
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Blunt the Assault
• 1x Evolution Charm

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Urban Evolution

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Elfhame Sanctuary
• 1x One with Nature
• 1x Propaganda

Artifact (10)

• 1x Acorn Catapult
• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Spellbinder
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature (11)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Blinding Mage
• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Ghost-Lit Redeemer
• 1x Gideon's Lawkeeper
• 1x Goldmeadow Lookout
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Kaho, Minamo Historian
• 1x Raven Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Tradewind Rider

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Intro

I wasn't sure where I was gonna go with this before, but I think I've got it now. The plan is to use control stuff--mainly counterspells, fogs, exiles, and stealing creatures--to keep opponents from doing anything nasty, meanwhile beating them down with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician to keep mana and the important guys untapped.

I don't want this to just be another exile-return-to-battlefield Brago wannabe deck. I see a lot of Derevi decks built around that mechanic, but I just want to use and abuse tap abilities.

Suggestions for Suggestions

The biggest thing I lack here is a reliabe win condition--other than commander damage, swarming someone with tokens, and Dismiss Into Dreams. It's all well and good to control the board, protect myself from instants, and all that--but I'm trying to avoid infinite combos and turbofogging if I can. (I play this deck with friends, and my discard deck with Painful Quandary makes them salty enough.)

Another problem I'm seeing is mana; I don't have a lot of it, even with ramp, and I feel like I need to make some cuts to add more. There' some imbalance in card function especially--a buttload of counterspells, and perhaps too many "tap/untap target creature" creatures, as much as that's the theme of the deck.

I still want to fit in a few cards from the maybeboard, however, like Edric, Spymaster of Trest, maybe Azami, Lady of Scrolls, Evolution Charm, Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots, Conjurer's Closet for more Derevi triggers, or maybe some of the signets for even more ramp.

Combos

Deadeye Navigator + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician for easy tap/untaps.

Elite Arcanist + Render Silent or any charm is pretty cool, and Elite Arcanist + Soul Foundry could create a pretty significant defense with Fog or Holy Day and counterspells. Mirari with the charms would be pretty impressive as well.

Basalt Monolith + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician for extra colorless mana.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Squirrel Nest , Kjeldoran Outpost, or Thraben Doomsayer would produce a minimum of two tokens per turn assuming I can either flicker Derevi or deal damage with another creature (like Invisible Stalker ), and that's not even including the other untap creatures.

Daring Thief + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is damn good with any tokengen. "Why yes, I'll trade my squirrel for your Stormtide Leviathan. Thank you very much." Beguiler of Wills does roughly the same, if being more expensive.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Dismiss into Dream . Suddenly a nuisance becomes a bomb.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	BR
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Dismiss into Dream Elite Arcanist + Render Silent Elite Arcanist + Soul Foundry Basalt Monolith + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Squirrel Nest Daring Thief + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Human 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Squirrel 1/1 G
Folders	EDH Examples