Budget denzilore by Sublimesublemon

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Azorius deck focuses on tempo and evasive creature combat powered by continuous scrying and surveilling. Led by Denzilore Fatehold, the strategy deploys low-cost flying creatures during the early turns, flashes in Denzilore at an opportune moment, and rapidly inflates the entire board by turning cheap cantrips, tap triggers, and attack triggers into team-wide +1/+1 counters. The deck maintains smooth draws and consistent land drops through high-frequency library manipulation from cards like Opt, Serum Visions, and Faerie Seer. While it lacks infinite combos, fast mana, or hard stax locks, it generates strong aerial combat pressure by Turn 6. Disruption is primarily tempo-oriented, utilizing efficient single-target bounce spells to clear blockers and delay key threats. Defense relies on low-cost protection spells like Loran's Escape to keep Denzilore alive across multiple combat rotations, steadily overwhelming opponents in the air.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Attentive Sunscribe
  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Boon of Safety
  • 1 Compassionate Healer
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Council's Deliberation
  • 1 Cruel Witness
  • 1 Curate
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Falcon, Joaquin Torres
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foul Watcher
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glimpse the Sun God
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hithlain Knots
  • 1 Holy Cow
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lost Isle Calling
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Owlin Historian
  • 1 Perilous Voyage
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Prahv, Spires of Order
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proft, Consulting Detective
  • 1 Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Runic Shot
  • 1 Samite Herbalist
  • 1 Select for Inspection
  • 1 Serum Visionary
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Silver Raven
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfighter Pilot
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Unauthorized Exit
  • 1 Unexplained Disappearance
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Young Blue Dragon // Sand Augury
  • 1 Yuriko, Hope from the Shadows