Derevi, Empyrial Tactician card art — Art by Michael Komarck · © Wizards of the Coast

Evasive Maneuvers

Bracket 2

C13 — Commander 2013 · 2013-11-01

Commander: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician · Color identity: GUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.1/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

Card popularity is jank-tier (65% niche/jank), but the goldfish sim closes games around turn 10 in 100% of simulated hands — a deck that reliably works toward winning stays Bracket 2 (Core).
High optimization — score 23/75 (12 interaction spells, 4 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).

How it compares

Against the 5 Commander 2013 decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.1 versus a set average of 4.2. That is 0.5 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 3, 1 turn earlier than the library median of turn 4.

More Commander 2013 decks

Eternal Bargain — Bracket 2, power 4.8
Mind Seize — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Power Hungry — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Nature of the Beast — Bracket 2, power 3.9

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Mutant Menace — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Wade into Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Adaptive Enchantment — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Built From Scratch — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Coven Counters — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Derevi, Empyrial Tactician's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Arcane Signet Ramp $0.49
Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
Cultivate Ramp $0.41
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.77
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
1 Acidic Slime
1 Aerie Mystics
1 Angel of Finality
1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
1 Bane of Progress
1 Deceiver Exarch
1 Diviner Spirit
1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
1 Dungeon Geists
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Flickerwisp
1 Hada Spy Patrol
1 Karmic Guide
1 Kazandu Tuskcaller
1 Lu Xun, Scholar General
1 Mirror Entity
1 Mistmeadow Witch
1 Murkfiend Liege
1 Phantom Nantuko
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Roon of the Hidden Realm
1 Rubinia Soulsinger
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Skyward Eye Prophets
1 Stonecloaker
1 Thornwind Faeries
1 Winged Coatl
1 Wonder
1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
1 Kirtar's Wrath
1 Restore
1 Tempt with Glory
1 Wash Out
1 Aethermage's Touch
1 Arcane Denial
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Krosan Grip
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Azorius Keyrune
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Conjurer's Closet
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Leonin Bladetrap
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Sol Ring
1 Surveyor's Scope
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Sword of the Paruns
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Thunderstaff
1 Control Magic
1 Curse of Inertia
1 Curse of Predation
1 Curse of the Forsaken
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 Flickerform
1 Leafdrake Roost
1 Presence of Gond
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Azorius Guildgate
1 Bant Panorama
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Faerie Conclave
2 Forest
2 Forest
1 Forest
1 Forest
2 Island
2 Island
2 Island
1 Island
1 Opal Palace
2 Plains
2 Plains
2 Plains
1 Plains
1 Rupture Spire
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Sejiri Refuge
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Temple of the False God
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Transguild Promenade

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/EvasiveManeuvers_C13.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.