Scry Me a River by user4837144

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Azorius deck leverages Denzilore Fatehold to convert scry and surveil triggers into explosive, table-wide +1/+1 counters. Early turns focus on deploying cheap evasive creatures, token producers, and low-cost cantrips. Once Denzilore enters the battlefield—frequently flashed in right before your untap step—every combat attack and library-filtering spell distributes counters across the entire squad. The deck compounds this board advantage with dedicated draw engines like Danny Pink and Matoya, Archon Elder, turning scry triggers into steady card velocity. Win conditions center on overwhelming combat damage facilitated by evasion from flying tokens, Rikku, Resourceful Guardian, and Herald of Secret Streams. To withstand interaction, the list packs exceptional board protection in Clever Concealment and Ripples of Potential, along with one-sided sweepers like Damning Verdict. While vulnerable to fast stack-based combos due to a lack of traditional countermagic, it presents a resilient, aggressive midrange clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Boss's Chauffeur
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compassionate Healer
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Cryptic Annelid
  • 1 Curate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 New Benalia
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Reluctant Role Model
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Royal Talon Fighter Jet
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook Vendor
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void