Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Global Commander Stats

580 Wins

1273 Losses

Summary

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,853 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (580–1273) at an Elo of 1,553, ranking #1002 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Apr 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 1853 recorded Playgroup games (580 wins, 1273 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Derevi, Empyrial Tactician? ▾

609 decks list Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 349 have played at least one recorded game.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

1002

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1553

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 609

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 349

No. games played with this commander 1853

Total hours played 21 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, 42.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

42.57%

Combo

27.72%

Alternative

9.16%

Mill

7.92%

Non Combat Damage

7.67%

Commander Damage

4.95%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 597 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 12.9% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.66% n=519

Seat 2

30.77% n=533

Seat 3

30.77% n=442

Seat 4

18.24% n=329

Seat 5

12.9% n=31

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 30.63% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.63% n=914

1 mulligan

35.79% n=271

2 mulligans

29.27% n=123

3 mulligans

23.73% n=59

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

66.67% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician 3.64/5 on average, across 1223 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.2% of the time across 597 tracked wins.

65.2 \%

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.