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- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Command zone
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Derevi wants a deck that slows the whole table down with rules everyone must follow. It leads the ready-made Evasive Maneuvers deck (2013).
- Mana cost
- White, Blue, Green ()
- Power / toughness2 / 3
- RarityMythic
Flying
When Derevi enters and whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may tap or untap target permanent.
: Put Derevi onto the battlefield from the command zone.
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- Archetypes
Cards That Fit Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Picked for what they do in Derevi's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Derevi's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.
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Decks Led by Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Derevi leads 2 ready-made decks.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary
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Evasive ManeuversOfficial precon
All 100 Cards
Commander · 1
Creatures · 29
- 1×Acidic Slime
- 1×Aerie Mystics
- 1×Angel of Finality
- 1×Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- 1×Bane of Progress
- 1×Deceiver Exarch
- 1×Diviner Spirit
- 1×Djinn of Infinite Deceits
- 1×Dungeon Geists
- 1×Farhaven Elf
- 1×Fiend Hunter
- 1×Flickerwisp
- 1×Hada Spy Patrol
- 1×Karmic Guide
- 1×Kazandu Tuskcaller
- 1×Lu Xun, Scholar General
- 1×Mirror Entity
- 1×Mistmeadow Witch
- 1×Murkfiend Liege
- 1×Phantom Nantuko
- 1×Pilgrim's Eye
- 1×Roon of the Hidden Realm
- 1×Rubinia Soulsinger
- 1×Selesnya Guildmage
- 1×Skyward Eye Prophets
- 1×Stonecloaker
- 1×Thornwind Faeries
- 1×Winged Coatl
- 1×Wonder
Instants · 6
Sorceries · 5
Artifacts · 13
Enchantments · 8
Lands · 38
- 1×Azorius Chancery
- 1×Azorius Guildgate
- 1×Bant Panorama
- 1×Command Tower
- 1×Evolving Wilds
- 1×Faerie Conclave
- 6×Forest
- 7×Island
- 1×Opal Palace
- 7×Plains
- 1×Rupture Spire
- 1×Saltcrusted Steppe
- 1×Seaside Citadel
- 1×Secluded Steppe
- 1×Sejiri Refuge
- 1×Selesnya Guildgate
- 1×Selesnya Sanctuary
- 1×Simic Guildgate
- 1×Temple of the False God
- 1×Terramorphic Expanse
- 1×Transguild Promenade
- Evasive ManeuversOfficial precon
Rulings for Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
explain how Derevi works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is banned as a commander in Duel Commander format, but it may be part of your deck.
When you activate Derevi's last ability, you're not casting Derevi as a spell. The ability can't be countered by something that counters only spells. The ability isn't subject to the commander tax, nor does it increase the tax if you cast Derevi from the command zone later in the game.
You can activate Derevi's last ability only when it is in the command zone.
3 rulings, 2 written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗
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