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Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

$7.15 foil

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

$7.47

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

Overview

Najeela’s triggered token-creation can put 1/1 Warrior tokens onto the battlefield tapped and attacking; those tokens are considered “attacking” but they never “attacked” for purposes of attack-triggered abilities . If those tokens (or any creatures you control) deal combat damage to a player while Derevi is on the battlefield, each such creature dealing combat damage will cause Derevi’s ability to trigger, letting you tap or untap target permanents. Untapping an attacking creature with Derevi’s triggered ability does not remove it from combat (Ruling [2020-11-10]).

Step 1

A Warrior you control attacks, triggering Najeela’s ability; you may have that Warrior’s controller create a 1/1 white Warrior token that is tapped and attacking, and that token’s controller chooses what it’s attacking as it enters the battlefield .

Step 2

When the token is created it enters tapped and attacking; because it was put onto the battlefield attacking by an effect, it is considered an attacking creature but it never “attacked” for purposes of attack triggers .

Step 3

Assuming combat proceeds and that token (or other attacking creatures you control) deals combat damage to a player during the combat damage step, each creature that deals combat damage to a player causes Derevi’s triggered ability to trigger (“whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player”).

Step 4

Each Derevi trigger goes on the stack independently; when a Derevi trigger resolves you may tap or untap target permanent. You may target attacking creatures with that ability; untapping an attacking creature does not remove it from combat (Ruling [2020-11-10]).

Step 5

If you use Najeela’s activated ability during combat to untap all attacking creatures and give them trample, lifelink, and haste until end of turn, creatures that have lifelink and then deal damage cause life gain events that may cause other abilities to trigger as described in .

Resolution

When Najeela’s ability creates a tapped, attacking Warrior token, that token is an attacking creature as it enters the battlefield and its controller chooses what it’s attacking . Because creatures put onto the battlefield attacking in this way are “attacking” but never “attacked” for attack-based triggers, they won’t cause “when this creature attacks” triggers, but they can deal combat damage and thus cause Derevi’s “whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player” trigger to trigger. Each creature that deals combat damage to a player will cause a separate Derevi trigger; those triggers may target any permanent (including attacking creatures), and if you choose to untap an attacking creature with Derevi’s trigger, that creature remains in combat (Ruling [2020-11-10]). If creatures that gain lifelink (for example from Najeela’s activated ability) deal damage and cause life gain, those are life-gain events that can cause other abilities to trigger as described in .

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