Commander

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

643 Wins

1426 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,073 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (643–1426) at an Elo of 1,553, ranking #1082 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 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 2073 recorded Playgroup games (643 wins, 1426 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?

715 decks list Derevi, Empyrial Tactician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 396 have played at least one recorded game.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1082

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1553

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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 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 715

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 396

No. games played with this commander 2073

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	1614	Th3MadMango	11	6	55 %
5	1587	Igor Hop	52	19	37 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, 42.64% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

42.64%

Combo

27.25%

Alternative

9.67%

Mill

7.47%

Non Combat Damage

7.47%

Commander Damage

5.49%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 663 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: Sea of Clouds

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sea of Clouds Signature build 147 games · Signature build	+6.7 pp	147
2	Faeburrow Elder Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+6.4 pp	140
3	Mockingbird Signature build 167 games · Signature build	+5.8 pp	167
4	Delney, Streetwise Lookout Signature build 163 games · Signature build	+5.1 pp	163
5	Rejuvenating Springs 182 games	+2.2 pp	182
6	Birds of Paradise 190 games	+1.8 pp	190
7	Hallowed Fountain 193 games	+1.4 pp	193
8	Sol Ring Signature build 162 games · Signature build	+0.9 pp	162
9	Cyclonic Rift Signature build 140 games · Signature build	+0.8 pp	140
10	Swords to Plowshares 185 games	+0.7 pp	185

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Boseiju, Who Endures Signature build 157 games · Signature build	+0.5 pp	157
12	Temple Garden 189 games	+0.1 pp	189
13	Arcane Signet Signature build 149 games · Signature build	+0.0 pp	149

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 13.16% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.79% n=578

Seat 2

31.03% n=580

Seat 3

29.69% n=485

Seat 4

18.84% n=361

Seat 5

13.16% n=38

Seat 6

60.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins 30.32% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.32% n=996

1 mulligan

36.18% n=304

2 mulligans

28.78% n=139

3 mulligans

21.21% n=66

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 1362 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 664 tracked wins.

65.5 \%

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.