Derevi, Empyrial Tactician stood at the balcony of her aerie, overlooking the conflict below. Her telescoping eyes flew from fracas to fracas, watching each unfold like a ballet. Her troops were fighting a horde of vampires, led by an Innistradian countess of noble blood. The name of her foe did not matter. What mattered was the blood spilled, the lives lost. To Derevi, the crimes could not go unpunished.

The steps up to the balcony rattled with thunderous footfalls. Derevi turned and saw one of her lieutenants, a virtuous rhox named Roon of the Hidden Realm, in full battle garb, awaiting orders.

"At your command, my liege," Roon muttered brusquely. Derevi was familiar with his stoic nature, intimidating to even her most hale, broad-shouldered troops; but within his resilient exterior brewed the heart of a noble warrior. Derevi was honored to call him brother-in-arms.

"We must remove this threat," Derevi said, "but also serve as an example. I want no unnecessary bloodshed in this war."

"A bold wish," Roon cracked a thin smile. "And against a fleet of neck-biters? Perhaps impossible."

"The vampires are cruel, but we don't have to be," Derevi said. "Detain them, exile them, return them to the aether from which their master called them. Kill them only as a last resort."

Derevi turned back to her aerie balcony, and with a deft wave of the hand, cast a Wargate at its edge. The two warriors could see the chaos in panorama now. To one side, a Pestermite was vexing a snarling, swatting vampire; across the field, Derevi saw another of her lieutenants, the fiery Azor Lavinia of the Tenth keep a squad of vampiric thralls pinned beneath a circle of protective magic. Although the tides of war were with her now, Derevi could see through the rising fog that her foe was summoning a terrible ally. The time to join the fight was nigh.

"As I said earlier," Roon offered solemnly, "at your command, my liege."

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 10 years
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This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

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3 - 0 Mythic Rares

21 - 0 Rares

34 - 0 Uncommons

21 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.18
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance
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