Scry Me A River by geekasaurusrex

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius tempo and +1/+1 counters strategy commanded by Denzilore Fatehold. It leverages dense scry and surveil triggers to continuously distribute +1/+1 counters across its board, turning modest utility creatures and tokens into formidable flying threats. Early turns focus on deploying cheap creatures, mana rocks, and persistent trigger engines such as Attentive Sunscribe and Retreat to Coralhelm. Once Denzilore enters the battlefield—often flashed in on an opponent's end step—every filtering spell and combat trigger buffs the entire team. Card advantage engines like Matoya, Archon Elder and Enduring Curiosity keep the hand full of gas, while efficient interaction and indestructible-granting protection spells safeguard the board against disruption. The deck wins by delivering overwhelming evasive combat damage across consecutive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Attentive Sunscribe
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Cephalid Inkmage
  • 1 Chain to Memory
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Don't Make a Sound
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foraging Wickermaw
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Mindwhisker
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 North Pole Gates
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Plumecreed Escort
  • 1 Poised Practitioner
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Practiced Offense
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Proft, Consulting Detective
  • 1 Repurposed Enforcer
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Runic Shot
  • 1 SP//dr, Piloted by Peni
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Starfighter Pilot
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights