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| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Arena | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Historic Brawl | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Rules Q&A
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying
Whenever this enters the battlefield or a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may tap or untap target permanent.
: Put this card onto the battlefield from the command zone.
Flarhoon13 on
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. No stax!
3 weeks ago
Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my decks.
Sep 7
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician No stax! Win, turn 5 (not including one extra turn), infinite turns with Magistrate's Scepter. Turn 2, Bloom Tender; Turn 3: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician etb targeting Bloom Tender, generated 6 mana, (9 total turn 3) and cast Karn's Temporal Sundering. On my extra turn, created a Combat Calligrapher... Thanks for the tip, Nitpicking Nerds :-) My opponents never played a flyer, never even generated an Inkling. I drew like 7 cards with Azami, Lady of Scrolls. Record with my losers goes to 3-6
Flarhoon13 on
Kenrith, the Cycling King
3 weeks ago
May 3, 2024, I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.
Aug 22
Blaine's house
Kenrith the Cycling King win. Fluctuator allowed me to cycle 10ish cards. Kenrith reanimated Archfiend of Ifnir and all of my opponents rode Kurtis' wave of salt and immediately conceded. Blaine's elves never balled, no mana dorks tapped for mana, Priest of Titania died sick. Rob folded Derevi, Empyrial Tactician bird tribal. Only Spencer on Rat tribal stayed in but died to Kenrith and Ifnir beats; bringing my record to 24-26. People were salty .480
Cipher_8 on
Saturday Night Fish Fry
7 months ago
It's Friday Nights around here (Wisconsin) but love the theme of this deck.
I always wanted to build around Derevi, Empyrial Tactician because I thought it pairs well with Hylda of the Icy Crown
but I've only ever done one deck with her — Frozen
I got a merfolk deck I'm working on too — Submerged, though it's more based on Islandwalk + Merfolk tribal than just Merfolk.
treeforcorvus on
Narset, Enlightened Master
1 year ago
Cataclysm *list* can work against you based on opponents' picks and though Enter the Infinite is impressive & works with Omniscience, I don't see Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac, nor do I see Grapeshot. Consider instead Boros Charm + Armageddon which most people will hate & sometimes outright scoop after.
Mana Vault is more of a risk than you might think without untap mechanics (See Derevi, last paragraph). Consider Thought Vessel or even Library of Leng.
Replace Lion's Eye Diamond with Land Tax. The latter also helps offset the pain from Need for Speed, which is a cool find.
Consider Smothering Tithe instead of Mystic Remora: Remora usually only nets a few cards at beginning, and will often slow you down more than it helps. The former performs MUCH more consistently, and will net you more mana to focus on spells and counters.
Concerning your SB: If you want to go maximum lock-stax, I'd recommend Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. Use Winter Orb, Static Orb
& Stasis, use Kismet and Loxodon Gatekeeper, maybe even Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. Use fetches + basic lands, huge ramp, and Back to Basics just to spite opponents. NB: Mana Vault smacks with Derevi.
Licecolony on
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
1 year ago
Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Masked Vandal, Heroic Intervention, Boros Charm, Species Specialist, Kargan Intimidator, Dusk / Dawn, Dowsing Dagger Flip, Kindred Discovery, Kindred Dominance, Kindred Summons, Bojuka Bog, Scavenger Grounds are all worth consideration
I'd take out: Sol Ring Most of your mana costs are colored. Explore replace with better ramp as suggested above. Derevi, Empyrial Tactician not sure what this does here. Thassa's Oracle you're not looking to mill yourself out. Brainstorm only good if you can shuffle your library regularly such as with fetch lands. Demonic Consultation you're not looking for specific combo pieces Spell Pierce. You want to be spending your mana early, not keeping this up. Same with Mana Drain. Rally the Ranks. If you're gonna do this kind of effect, use something nicer like Realmwalker Coastal Piracy. Doesn't seem as good here as Kindred Discovery
Also think you can cut a couple lands given that your mana curve stops at 6. Or replace them with lands like Glasspool Mimic Flip and Bala Ged Recovery Flip
dragonstryke58 on In EDH, do I need …
2 years ago
As Delphen7 stated, you will have to pay the commander tax to cast Sephara, Sky's Blade. Commander tax is applied every time you cast your commander from the command zone.
903.8. A player may cast a commander they own from the command zone. A commander cast from the command zone costs an additional {2} for each previous time the player casting it has cast it from the command zone that game. This additional cost is informally known as the “commander tax.”
The difference between Sephara, Sky's Blade and Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is that Sephara, Sky's Blade has an alternate casting cost to play her as a spell. Even if you use the alternate casting cost, you are still casting her from the command zone, so commander tax is applied.
On the other hand, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician has an activated ability that puts Derevi directly onto the battlefield. Since it was not cast from the command zone, there is no commander tax applied.
cPute on
Wait for it ... Legendary Cascade!
2 years ago
I know about Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (I play cEDH Najeela deck based on Pongo's Najeela tempo), but this deck was supposed to be "casual". Yesterday's victory with Bloom Tender, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom, and Samut, Voice of Dissent was a coincidence. :-)
I am not sure if this deck would benefit from Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (other than the above mentioned combo).
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