Derevi stax - who needs friends?

Commander / EDH* Competitive Death and Taxes GWU (Bant) Stax Toolbox

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Land (29)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 2x Root Maze
• 1x Stasis

Creature (25)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Prime Speaker Vannifar
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Renegade Rallier
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Instant (14)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Sunder
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Winter Orb

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Ravages of War
• 1x Wargate

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so who decided that you need friends to play Magic the Gathering?

welcome to the most cruel form of playing control: Stax. This deck is not built for making friends, there's no nice way to play. it's kill or be killed.

the main form of winning is locking your opponents out of the game. Either with cards like Static Orb and Winter Orb or with combos involving Stasis

this deck flies out the doors from the very first turn. due to all the manadorks and cheap mana rocks Turn 2 derevi's aren't rare. Once the Bird is on the battlefield it's time to start getting some untap triggers, preferably manarocks like Mana Vault or Sol Ring . with that extra mana you're able to play around your own (s)tax effects, making cards like Sphere of Resistance and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben a lot less "fair."

once Winter Orb or Stasis come down when the most dangerous player has tapped out, backed by vigilance granting enchantments or Sword of Feast and Famine winning is not that hard. just ride the value train home and win with an army of hatebears. any tips or tricks are welcome!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.30
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Goat 0/1 W
Folders	Commander, 1150551003115, edh competite, Wish decks