The God Mother (cEDH)

Commander / EDH* goodair

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Upgrades —Dec. 11, 2018

Got:
Stoneforge Mystic, Sword of Fire and Ice, Sword of Feast and Famine and have been super powerful, so many evasive creatures to get the swords to connect!
Gaddock Teeg and Containment Priest prices have HEAVILY dropped and those will be added soon.
Cuts:
Haven't cut anything expect for Dismiss into Dream. Its very very powerful but felt like a winmore/or a bad card to play in the situation. Maybe I will come back to this card in the future. Will make more cuts in the future through playing the deck.

I think your deck looks fine. Some of the best cards in your deck are Duelist's Heritage, Faerie Artisans, and Birthing Pod. Duelist's Heritage is like a better propoganda in my opinion, because it still incentives your opponents to attack elsewhere because they get more damage in and they think it was their idea. Faerie Artisans is fantastic because a ton of creatures in EDH have valuable ETB triggers, and also produces value outside of your GWU colors. Birthing Pod is the probably the best card in an optimized deck. I've seen a BUG deck built around it, and a cEDH deck built around it and Blood Moon. I've also seen the top voted Derevi decks on tappedout use Birthing Pod and Yisan Wandering Bard, so it's extremely popular. I think it's because those pilots have early stax pieces and ramp pieces like Arbor Elf, Ethersworn Canonist, etc. So if you're considering making your deck more competitive, I would add tutors/protection for Birthing Pod, and more 1-drop elves that can also make Derevi triggers by attacking, but I think your ramp pieces are fine. It's a good thing that you're pretty much done setting up with ramp pieces at turn 2.

I know you're concerned about more hatebears and stax, but I think Derevi is the commander that can properly pull it off. Derevi can be reliably cast for four mana and not be countered, and you already have some counterspells to stop any board wipes so you would've have to replace many cards to protect them. I still didn't have the stax theme in my Derevi deck for the aforementioned reasons, and because Winter Orb is not permitted in the casual EDH social contract haha, so I wouldn't be the person to talk to for that. And by glancing at your deck, I don't think Mirror Entity is good, but I do think Loyal Drake and Aven Mindcensor are good. Mirror Entity is fine because Derevi can pull off big mana plays and favors a wide combat strategy, but creature has to already deal damage for Derevi to trigger, so all the Derevi-supported mana can't go through Mirror Entity like I assume you want it to. Aven Mindcensor is great for obvious reasons and is evasive. Loyal Drake is a practically a Phyrexian Arena but on a body, and favors a commander that can be reliably cast I like the touch of graveyard hate you put in with Scavenging Ooze, so I thought I should also mention Remorseful Cleric which is evasive. Also consider Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive, especially if you're including the 1-drop elves. I don't see the value in having Opposition because the commander can be reliably cast. I think Sigil Tracer is also a weaker card, because although you can always cast a wizard (Derevi), it only supports 14 spells, and only 6 spells if you take away counterspells and board wipes. Bident of Thassa is fantastic in your deck, especially because it clears the combat map. Your manabase looks fine too, and I thought I should mention Tolaria West, Saltcrusted Steppe, and Calciform Pools, because mana storage in Derevi is great. I hope this helps!

October 16, 2018 2:04 p.m. Edited.

goodair says... #2

First off, really appreciate the feedback!

Birthing Pod is a remanant of the original deck when I was going heavy stax focus, but I feel its just too good to cut. Sacing derevi for the many 4 drop utility creatures over and over again is unreplaceable as a toolbox card. Sacking the mana dorks for 2 drop hatebears was also very good. Since the transform, I got rid of alot of cards because I would be killed first "kill the stax player". I don't play in a heavy competitive meta but there are some shenanigans that go on and even light stax is more of a threat than someone comboing off, bad threat assessment in my eyes but I guess its the stigma of a stax deck. Since I'm not going that build anymore, I don't have the 1 drop dorks since this deck is already fragile to board wipes/ping damage and there's no need to drop as many stax pieces as quickly as possible. Now I just run more utility lands and having turn 1 green is not consistent enough.

The hatebears that stayed are the ones that have flying, aka Aven Mindcensor/Trygon Predator/Windborn Muse etc... Having a mass amount of flyers is like you said, just fuel for derevi triggers! Thank you for Remorseful Cleric, did not know that card existed.
As for those storage lands, saw those in your deck and will try them out next time I play and see how they do.

Personally, I'm not a fan of running many tutors, pod and evolution are enough. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive is bonkers and is something to also try. Would be an auto include if running mana dorks but I explained why those aren't in anymore.

Sigil Tracer lets you copy your opponents spells, Opposition might end up getting the boot. Scavenging Ooze is a mana sink that becomes a good threat, but with Remorseful Cleric he might get replaced, just need to test to know for sure. Give Mirror Entity a try, having a few flyers in the air with a entity can straight up kill someone, its pretty strong when you go wide.

October 16, 2018 3:58 p.m.

goodair says... #3

Oh yea, haven't played with Duelist's Heritage but it does seem like a super fun political card that has synergy with on-hit abilties.

October 16, 2018 4:02 p.m.

Anytime! I had no idea that Sigil Tracer could target opponent spells too, so thank you. You've given me a ton of ideas for Derevi too, I'm testing a bunch of them in my own deck, and I'll post any updates in my deck description.

One more thing, do you know how to do an official update with notifications? I've seen other do it, but I can't find to button for it.

October 16, 2018 7:34 p.m.

goodair says... #5

does the regular update not do it? try it on your deck

October 16, 2018 10:47 p.m.

Thanks for the suggestions on my deck! And I don't know how to update my deck lol but I don't mind it, I like updates in the description anyway.

October 17, 2018 2:06 p.m.

goodair says... #7

Remorseful Cleric has been pretty good.
Opposition def was a good cut, don't regret since I'm not focused on tapping lands down.
The storage lands really didn't feel good, it's probably because of running a bunch of other utlity lands so the colorless mana at the start was a lil punishing when I'm already being greedy.
Dismiss into Dream is just brutal lmao, it feels gravepact-ist.
Have you tried a stoneforge + equiptment package with your deck? I'm getting the stoneforge and need to try out some dif options once its in!

November 26, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Quicksilver says... #8

November 30, 2018 2 a.m.

goodair says... #10

Quicksilver woa that card might be a lil TOO spicey for me lol, barely see any sources except for board wipes, people tend to favor instants. Never knew something like that existed!

November 30, 2018 3:06 p.m.