Presently I think I want to add a pair of counterspells, swapping out AEthermage's Touch and a creature somewhere.

Would Opposition be a card to look at?

Picked up some new cards at PAX weekend.

Out:

• Pilgrim's Eye
• Llanowar Elves
• Secluded Steppe
• Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• Soltari Champion
• Blue Sun's Zenith
• Skyward Eye Prophets
• Beacon Hawk

In:

• Thran Dynamo
• Birds of Paradise
• Concordant Crossroads
• Beastmaster Ascension
• Yosei, the Morning Star
• Sphinx's Revelation
• Wargate
• Keiga, the Tide Star

Also noting some other changes from earlier:Out:

• AEthermage's Touch
• Another card I have forgotten

In:

• Desertion
• Counterspell

DarkBlueFish Thanks for the suggestion! You're right that Opposition would be a good addition to most Derevi decks. I'm trying to avoid playing 'stacks' or perma-tap down with this one however, and focusing on tempo, resilience, and bonus effects from attacking/damage.

In the place of where a card like Opposition would be, I've got Coastal Piracy instead, which fits the deck theme better here.

Interesting suggestions!

Angelic Renewal and Mark of Asylum look like some tidy pieces of wrath protection - I especially like the combo with Angelic Renewal + Sun Titan for a very resilient board state.