Commander

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

628 Wins

1397 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,025 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (628–1397) at an Elo of 1,632, ranking #299 globally.

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

Last full refresh 2 Aug 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 2025 recorded Playgroup games (628 wins, 1397 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Derevi, Empyrial Tactician?

679 decks list Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 385 have played at least one recorded game.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

299

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1632

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

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 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 679

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 385

No. games played with this commander 2025

Total hours played 24 days

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	1587	Igor Hop	52	19	37 %
5	1536	michael	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, 42.63% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

42.63%

Combo

27.66%

Alternative

9.3%

Non Combat Damage

7.71%

Mill

7.48%

Commander Damage

5.22%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 647 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.

+6.7 pp

Top card: Faeburrow Elder

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Faeburrow Elder Signature build 135 games · Signature build	+6.7 pp	135
2	Sea of Clouds Signature build 141 games · Signature build	+5.6 pp	141
3	Mockingbird Signature build 160 games · Signature build	+5.4 pp	160
4	Swords to Plowshares 183 games	+3.6 pp	183
5	Sol Ring Signature build 159 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	159
6	Arcane Signet Signature build 146 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	146
7	Birds of Paradise 182 games	+2.1 pp	182
8	Rejuvenating Springs 175 games	+2.0 pp	175
9	Hallowed Fountain 185 games	+1.8 pp	185
10	Boseiju, Who Endures Signature build 151 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	151

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Temple Garden 183 games	+1.3 pp		183
12	Misty Rainforest Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp		140

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 50.0% of games from position 6 and 13.51% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.89% n=564

Seat 2

31.04% n=567

Seat 3

30.06% n=479

Seat 4

18.44% n=358

Seat 5

13.51% n=37

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 30.43% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.43% n=976

1 mulligan

35.59% n=295

2 mulligans

28.68% n=136

3 mulligans

21.88% n=64

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

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 1326 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 647 tracked wins.

65.1 \%

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.