Budget Denzilore Scry counter deck by user3996388

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This Azorius midrange deck utilizes Denzilore Fatehold to convert every scry and surveil action into team-wide +1/+1 counters. By curving out with low-cost utility creatures such as Augury Owl, Omenspeaker, and Proctor of Potential, the deck establishes a wide board presence before flashing in its commander on turn 4. Once assembled on turn 5, cheap filtering spells and repeatable scry permanents continuously inflate creature statistics. The deck presses its advantage in combat through flying evasion and alpha-strike enablers like Bond of Discipline. Because the list eschews fast mana acceleration and hard tutors, it develops at a fair, predictable pace and relies on its dense internal synergy. Its primary vulnerabilities stem from heavy reliance on combat steps and prolonged vulnerability to mass creature sweepers, though flash timing on key threats offers tactical flexibility.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alabaster Host Sanctifier
  • 1 Ambitious Farmhand // Seasoned Cathar
  • 1 Anointed Chorister
  • 1 Anticognition
  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Basri's Acolyte
  • 1 Battlewise Valor
  • 1 Bond of Discipline
  • 1 Boon of Safety
  • 1 Calculated Dismissal
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Chain to Memory
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudreader Sphinx
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Desperate Futurescribe
  • 1 Dimir Informant
  • 1 Disciple of the Sun
  • 1 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Enhanced Surveillance
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Expose to Daylight
  • 1 Eyes Everywhere
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fatehold Chronologist // Peer Review
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Geist of the Archives
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Guiding Bolt
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Holy Cow
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 1 Inga Rune-Eyes
  • 1 Introduction to Prophecy
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Kayla's Command
  • 1 Kutzil's Flanker
  • 1 Lunatic Pandora
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Oji, the Exquisite Blade
  • 1 Oltec Archaeologists
  • 1 Omenspeaker
  • 1 Opt
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Seeker of the Way
  • 1 Semester Foreseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Stone Docent
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 Thoughtbound Phantasm
  • 1 Vanguard Seraph
  • 1 Watcher of Hours
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion
  • 1 Your Fate Ends Here