Kyle's Derevi: Merfolk Tap Dance

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (29)

• 1x Amphin Pathmage
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Puresight Merrow
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Stonybrook Schoolmaster
• 1x Surgespanner
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
• 1x True-Name Nemesis
• 1x Veteran of the Depths
• 1x Wake Thrasher

Land (35)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 6x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 9x Island
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (9)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Ray of Revelation
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Quest for Renewal

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Summon the School
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God

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Instant (3)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Freed from the Real

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On The Legendary Creature Podcast, we decided to explore if it would be best to try merfolk tribal out with Kumena at the helm or if maybe another creature could command the tribe with some other key contributions. This is Kyle's stab at using Derevi as the commander. There was some inspiration from this deck here:

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/09-01-18-RwI-bant-merfolk/

The intent is to abuse Derevi's ability to gain advantage through tap and untap effects. Over the course of the game, the merfolk tap effects along with extra available mana from untapping lands should surge the pilot of this deck out in front of everyone else.

It is worth noting that if you try this out, it may be important to add a counter spell suite to the deck, depending on the people you are playing with. You simply need to keep your board state intact. Merfolk are slow, so getting slowed down by getting your work blown out of the depths is unacceptable.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Merfolk Wizard 1/1 U, Plant 0/2 G
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