Scryfall by OmegaXVI

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius counters and tempo archetype commander deck built around Denzilore Fatehold. The strategy focuses on establishing early board presence with low-cost utility creatures, flashing in the commander, and turning every scry and surveil effect into permanent team-wide buffs. Deep library manipulation smooths land drops and consistently finds payoff cards like Danny Pink and Matoya, Archon Elder to generate card advantage. Once your creatures grow large enough, you break through opposing defenses using asymmetric sweepers like Wave Goodbye and Damning Verdict, or evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams and Abzan Falconer. Efficient interaction including Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, and Dovin's Veto protects your setup while holding off fast opposing wins. The deck wins by delivering decisive combat damage across two to three combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condescend
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Council's Deliberation
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overwhelmed Apprentice
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Warden of the Inner Sky
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion