Denzilore by Lord-of-pig

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius midrange strategy helmed by Denzilore Fatehold, converting every scry and surveil action into team-wide +1/+1 counters. The early game establishes cheap, evasive enablers such as Nightveil Sprite, Artificer's Assistant, and Fear of Surveillance. Once Denzilore is deployed—often taking advantage of flash on turn 3 or 4—every cantrip, combat trigger, and upkeep effect rapidly inflates the board. Powerful draw engines like Danny Pink and Matoya, Archon Elder refill the hand as counters and scry triggers resolve, maintaining high velocity. The deck closes games through wide aerial pressure or unblockable strikes enabled by Herald of Secret Streams and Abzan Falconer, while leveraging asymmetric sweepers such as Wave Goodbye and Damning Verdict to decimate opposing battlefields. Supported by premium protection like Teferi's Protection, Fierce Guardianship, and Ripples of Potential, the deck reliably shields its assembled army and grinds out decisive combat victories by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Annelid
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mindwhisker
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Regenerations Restored
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook Vendor
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Watcher of Hours
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void