Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + The Golden Throne + Blessed Sanctuary + Phyrexian Altar
How it works
- Activate The Golden Throne by tapping it and sacrificing Derevi, adding .
- Choose to return Derevi to the command zone from your graveyard.
- Activate Derevi by paying 1, putting Derevi onto the battlefield from the command zone.
- When Derevi enters the battlefield, it and Blessed Sanctuary trigger.
- Resolve the Blessed Sanctuary trigger, creating a 2/2 Unicorn creature token.
- Resolve the Derevi trigger, untapping The Golden Throne.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Unicorn, adding 1.
- Repeat.
This intricate loop spins up infinite death triggers and mana by turning Derevi, Empyrial Tactician into a self-recurring engine, circumventing the commander tax and mana restrictions entirely. By sacrificing Derevi to The Golden Throne, you generate the exact three-color mana needed to redeploy Derevi straight from the command zone using its activated ability, while taking advantage of The Golden Throne's replacement effect to dodge game loss and keep the cycle going. As Derevi enters the battlefield, Blessed Sanctuary triggers to produce a 2/2 Unicorn token every single time, giving you a fresh creature to feed to Phyrexian Altar for additional mana while Derevi's own enters-the-battlefield trigger untaps The Golden Throne to reset the loop.