Derevi's Extremely Mana Efficient Tokens

Commander / EDH

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Creature (19)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Kazandu Tuskcaller
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Master of Waves
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Land (39)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 6x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Seaside Haven
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Day of the Dragons
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Sacred Mesa
• 1x Squirrel Nest
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (13)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Instant (5)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Flurry of Wings
• 1x White Sun's Zenith

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Aether Mutation
• 1x Beck / Call
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Wargate

Commander (1)

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This token deck utilizes its commander Derevi, Empyrial Tactician and tokens to untap it's mana nearly every turn resulting in explosive speed, in casual terms anyway.

Playing the deck is like taking twice as many turns while enjoying extra shenaenigans like mid combat White Sun's Zenith for a million after untapping gilded lotus 16 times with every token you happened to have and that dealt comabat damage to a player. Sometimes opponents want to kill derevi before combat damage just to slow me down a turn or half (a full turn of untaps nevertheless).

Cards like Squirrel Nest get that much more dangerous when each turn your army of squirrels potentially doubles in size. Cards synergising with untaps are easy to include since derevi is practically always available. She's an absolute steal that way and oftentimes dubbed "cheating commander" along Oloro for having an extra ability to work from the command zone, both banned in duel commander for good reason. 2013 was a great year for commander.

Derevi makes superior use of Vedalken Orrery and can be made home to certain silly cards such as Beguiler of Wills, some are crazy enough to inlude Geth's Grimoire . Beware of stuffing in too many do-nothing-by-itself cards or risk sad inconsistent times. This draft of Derevi tokens lacks consistent draw power thus I'm always going to include a rather large number of token creation spells to have it's untapping plan work at all times. Top deck mode is a drag but luckily many cards have the mana sink function and all of your 15 extra mana go to great use when you happen to find Evolutionary Leap or Decree of Justice (it's almost always correct to create large numbers of 1/1's, at instant speed). Sometimes it's enough to control the rest of the game with a single Dismiss into Dream or pump endless value out of Birthing Pod while untapping it once or twice a turn.

Conclusion

Derevi with tokens is an aggressive deck capable of taking on the whole table with exponentially growing squirrel armies and doesn't lack the stamina for a long game due to endless generation of tokens and value.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	BR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Bird Soldier 1/1 W, Cat 2/2 W, Dragon 5/5 R, Elemental 1/0 U, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 G, Pegasus 1/1 W, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Squirrel 1/1 G