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Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius tempo-control strategy commanded by Denzilore Fatehold. It converts every scry and surveil action into team-wide +1/+1 counters, steadily growing an evasive creature army while sculpting draws. Low-cost creatures like Nightveil Sprite, Il Mheg Pixie, and Elrond, Lord of Rivendell provide continuous triggers, while engines like Matoya, Archon Elder and Palantír of Orthanc convert library manipulation into steady card draw. Defensive enchantments like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison stall opposing aggression, backed by a robust suite of 1-to-2 CMC counterspells and targeted removal. The deck finishes games by clearing the path with asymmetric board wipes like Wave Goodbye and Damning Verdict, executing unblockable alpha strikes with Herald of Secret Streams and Akroma's Will, or digging directly into Approach of the Second Sun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void