Sphinx by user5697995

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius aggro-control deck centered on Denzilore Fatehold. It turns every scry and surveil action into +1/+1 counters for your entire creature team. Early turns focus on deploying cheap evasive creatures and repeatable scrying permanents such as Fear of Surveillance, Thassa, God of the Sea, and Crystal Ball. Once Denzilore enters the battlefield, frequent cantrips and attack triggers steadily enlarge your board. Asymmetric control tools like Wave Goodbye and Damning Verdict clear opposing blockers while preserving your counter-laden army. Finishers like Herald of Secret Streams bypass defenses entirely, converting steady stat growth into decisive lethal combat damage across all opponents. Counterspells and proactive timing restrictions from Teferi, Time Raveler protect your operational windows.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Boulderborn Dragon
  • 1 Candlestick
  • 1 Case of the Shifting Visage
  • 1 Central Elevator // Promising Stairs
  • 1 Cephalid Inkmage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Curate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Essence Anchor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eyes of the Watcher
  • 1 Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Geist of the Archives
  • 1 Generous Revival
  • 1 Goggles of Night
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hamato Guardian Stance
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Jace's Machinations
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Karoo
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Mindwhisker
  • 1 Mirror of Galadriel
  • 1 Mystic Redaction
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rune-Sealed Wall
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Surveillance Phantasm
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Temporal Anchor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty
  • 1 Yuriko, Hope from the Shadows