@DawnsRayofLight

Thank you! (I got a sideboard as well if you're interested = 京 An illusion? (SideBoard) 京 = bit outdated but still handy...)

I know I haven't been most active on here anymore and haven't updated it at all indeed. Been playing her a lot though but have had a small dip in activity due to shops closing, and going broke but never stopped playing her since she came out... + just been playing her online... Won over hundreds of Commander events/leagues with her easily...

I'd like to keep the list as Cutthroat and Competitive as possible and not toy around with strategies that don't really compare like random blink, wizard-shell, etc...

Flashy wins are redundant for Derevi, and if you are consistently leaving gaps and misplaying you'll get blown out pretty fast. this primer still holds up to this day with minor tweaks that could increase its power a bit...

If the power of your meta is lacking though and not everyone is playing cEDH lists and BIS/META decks you'll need to adjust some cards and add more specific hate... No Tournament or League is the same if you have even the slightest info on what is going to show up or what is currently relevant. Going in blind this list still holds up perfectly fine though.

Cards that have been released and have been in and out of the list or are still in if you're interested:

• Circle of Dreams Druid

• Emiel the Blessed

• Ranger-Captain of Eos

• Fierce Guardianship

• Rejuvenating Springs

• Boseiju, Who Endures

The strategy you might be interested in is flickering Derevi, Empyrial Tactician with Emiel the Blessed to untap Circle of Dreams Druid or Gaea's Cradle and generate infinite mana for Finale of Devastation.

@Kiyomei: fair, fair. Results are hard to argue with, I do not at all doubt the power level. If the tempo deck I've got going isn't able to get to where I want it to, I will change the list over something close to this.

Do you feel you're running enough counter magic? How well do you do against the usual turbo/farm decks that run Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation?

Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation / Tainted Pact are rough Powerhouses that are specifically made to slip through Stax due to their efficient cost and are relatively easy to assemble... Sadly the speed of these can be vastly greater than ours at times.

Good options vs this sort of gameplan if it's prevalent :

• Angel's Grace (hard to interact with)

• Stifle

• Nimble Obstructionist (hard to interact with)

• Hushbringer

• Hushwing Gryff

• Rule of Law effects or Plain Counters from you or your other Opponents.

Hey big guy, good to see you back.

Big fan of the deck! I've been piloting a similar Derevi list inspired by yours for the past three years, and while it trades blows with the best of them I'm finding it struggles to "win". In saying this, most attempts to close games quicker using some irrelevant win-con only seem to negatively affect Derevi's efficiency.

I unfortunately do not have the $1.5k AUD for a Gaea's Cradle and have been utilising a mixture of Circle of Dreams Druid, Nykthos and cards like Pemmins Aura with Bloom Tender/Faeburrow Elder. But Cradle being a land with cards like Crop Rotation just has unrivaled capacity.

Most of my wins have come from putting the table under Stasis and Utilising Elesh/Faeburrow and giving my board psuedo vigilance with Reconnaissance.

I'm wondering how you feel about the synergy of Devoted Druid and Swift Reconfiguration to make infinite green to sink into Emiel to tap down the table at instant speed by flickering Derevi, or throwing it into Finale of Devastation? Both cards seem relevant on their own, Druid being a useful dork and Swift being an instant speed way of potentially dealing with something like Winota.

Keen to read your thoughts.

Brodie

Yo yo @ProminenceToBlack

The strategy you are referring to: flickering Derevi, Empyrial Tactician with Emiel the Blessed to untap Circle of Dreams Druid or Gaea's Cradle and generate infinite mana for Finale of Devastation...

It Is a very valid wincon that you can push fairly early or later on in the game as it's fairly easy to set up and can go off under most of our Stax or when a lot of resources from the table have already been expended to deal with you...

Now Devoted Druid and Swift Reconfiguration may seem interesting due to it being unaffected by summoning sickness. It does however not interact well with all our artifact hate like Collector Ouphe... While sure it works the same paired with a Finale of Devastation, I feel like it clutters the deck more with cards that aren't great on their own... Same could be said of Emiel though... Although the Unicorn can protect our stuff from time to time... But I'm pretty sure it could work given the fact we can tutor for both pieces fairly fast and easily.

Hokori, winter orb, static orb or stasis locks are The way ^^... <3

Thanks for taking the time to reply friend.

I think you are right. Piecing together a combo like this just seems more and more like it would end up being a hinderance on the game plan at the end of the day, and at the cost of cards that are more individually impactful.

Any recommendations from the newer sets?