Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Global Commander Stats

All Bant commanders

607 Wins

1339 Losses

Summary

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,946 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (607–1339) at an Elo of 1,606, ranking #451 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Derevi, Empyrial Tactician's win rate?

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician has a 31% win rate across 1946 recorded Playgroup games (607 wins, 1339 losses).

How long do winning games with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician take?

Wins with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.

How many decks use Derevi, Empyrial Tactician?

647 decks list Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 375 have played at least one recorded game.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

451

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1606

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 647

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 375

No. games played with this commander 1946

Total hours played 22 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1685	Xuxa	33	20	63 %
2	1665	Onitsuki	33	16	48 %
3	1587	Igor Hop	52	19	37 %
4	1537	Avo	4	2	50 %
5	1536	michael	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, 42.79% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

42.79%

Combo

27.19%

Alternative

8.75%

Non Combat Damage

8.04%

Mill

7.8%

Commander Damage

5.44%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 625 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 13.89% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.48% n=541

Seat 2

30.84% n=561

Seat 3

30.45% n=463

Seat 4

18.79% n=346

Seat 5

13.89% n=36

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 30.61% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.61% n=944

1 mulligan

35.42% n=288

2 mulligans

28.35% n=127

3 mulligans

23.73% n=59

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

50.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician 3.62/5 on average, across 1287 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.1% of the time across 625 tracked wins.

65.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.