Commander

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

670 Wins

1502 Losses

Overview

Summary

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,192 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (670–1502) at an Elo of 1,445, ranking #4471 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Derevi, Empyrial Tactician's win rate?

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician has a 30% win rate across 2192 recorded Playgroup games (670 wins, 1502 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Derevi, Empyrial Tactician?

736 decks list Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 426 have played at least one recorded game.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4471

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1445

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.47

Average turn length 9 minutes

No. decks for this commander 736

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 426

No. games played with this commander 2192

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1685	Xuxa	33	20	63 %
2	1665	Onitsuki	33	16	48 %
3	1618	Kain_019	18	8	50 %
4	1613	Th3MadMango	14	8	57 %
5	1587	Igor Hop	52	19	37 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, 43.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

43.13%

Combo

27.48%

Alternative

9.3%

Mill

7.4%

Non Combat Damage

7.4%

Commander Damage

5.29%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 689 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician decks that leave them out.

+8.4 pp

Top card: Birds of Paradise

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Birds of Paradise 216 games	+8.4 pp	216
2	Sea of Clouds Signature build 154 games · Signature build	+8.0 pp	154
3	Delney, Streetwise Lookout 171 games	+7.7 pp	171
4	Faeburrow Elder Signature build 153 games · Signature build	+7.5 pp	153
5	Swords to Plowshares 194 games	+6.9 pp	194
6	Mockingbird 185 games	+6.5 pp	185
7	Hallowed Fountain 215 games	+5.8 pp	215
8	Boseiju, Who Endures Signature build 165 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	165
9	Cyclonic Rift Signature build 145 games · Signature build	+4.3 pp	145
10	Delighted Halfling Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+4.1 pp	140

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Mystic Remora Signature build 138 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	138
12	Temple Garden 210 games	+3.4 pp	210
13	Emiel the Blessed Signature build 165 games · Signature build	+3.2 pp	165
14	Misty Rainforest Signature build 155 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	155
15	Arcane Signet 169 games	+2.7 pp	169

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 60.0% of games from position 6 and 12.82% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.38% n=617

Seat 2

30.37% n=629

Seat 3

28.76% n=518

Seat 4

19.05% n=378

Seat 5

12.82% n=39

Seat 6

60.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 29.88% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.88% n=1024

1 mulligan

34.04% n=332

2 mulligans

27.78% n=144

3 mulligans

22.86% n=70

4 mulligans

18.18% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

50.0% n=4

Player reports

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 1428 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 691 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

Head to head

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.