UW Tempo by KingGreyVT

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius flash tempo deck led by Denzilore Fatehold. It plays primarily at instant speed, holding up mana on opponents' turns to interact with counterspells and removal or flash in evasive creatures. Once Denzilore Fatehold enters the battlefield, every scry and surveil effect distributes +1/+1 counters across your entire creature squad. Low-cost cantrips such as Opt, Consider, and Otherworldly Gaze act as both card selection and team-wide combat buffs. The deck protects its board using premier phasing spells like Clever Concealment, Teferi's Protection, and Guardian of Faith, which preserve both tokens and accumulated counters against all board wipes. It wins by turning small flyers and tokens into large threats and closing out the game through evasive combat damage over 2-3 turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cemetery Protector
  • 1 Change of Plans
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Disruptor of Currents
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Watchtower
  • 1 Kutzil's Flanker
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 1 Multiple Choice
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 1 Phantom Steed
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scour All Possibilities
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smirking Spelljacker
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 3 Snow-Covered Island
  • 2 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Spell Queller
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk
  • 1 The Wandering Rescuer
  • 1 Theorist's Sanctum
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Will of the Mardu