Denzilore Fatehold (Azorius Scry//Surveil) by gfparadiso

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

Denzilore Fatehold leads an Azorius aggro-control deck centered on scry and surveil synergies. The strategy uses low-cost scrying creatures, enchantments, and efficient cantrips to manipulate the top of the library while triggering Denzilore's ability to distribute +1/+1 counters across the entire battlefield. This steady counter growth turns modest evasive creatures like Il Mheg Pixie, Faerie Seer, and Nightveil Sprite into formidable aerial threats. Engines such as Matoya, Archon Elder and Elvish Mariner compound this advantage by turning scry triggers into continuous card draw and permanent lockdown. The deck operates with excellent tempo, flashing in its commander to avoid sorcery-speed removal and defending its wide board using premier protection spells like Clever Concealment, Flawless Maneuver, and Fierce Guardianship. The deck closes out games through overwhelming flying combat damage or unblockable strikes enabled by Herald of Secret Streams, backed by a dense package of cheap counterspells and spot removal to disrupt opposing game plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Behold the Multiverse
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Witness
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Ephara's Dispersal
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lost Isle Calling
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Omen of the Sea
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soldevi Excavations
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow