EDHREC - Skryfall by Cmills

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius aggro-control strategy centered around Denzilore Fatehold. It leverages a dense suite of scry and surveil effects to smooth draws and simultaneously grow an army of flying and unblockable creatures with +1/+1 counters. Early turns focus on deploying cheap evasive creatures and utility scryers like Faerie Seer, Sigiled Starfish, and Il Mheg Pixie. Once Denzilore enters on Turn 4—often at instant speed using flash—every subsequent scry or surveil trigger bolsters the entire team. Power spikes rapidly follow through multi-scry spells like Cryptic Annelid and combat triggers from Elvish Mariner. The deck protects its board with synergistic 1-mana protection spells like Loran's Escape and Gods Willing, which trigger Denzilore while defending key permanents. It closes games through overwhelming evasive combat damage and one-sided board wipes like Wave Goodbye.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Azorius Cluestone
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Annelid
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Essence Anchor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Eyes Everywhere
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker
  • 1 Mindwhisker
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Proft, Consulting Detective
  • 1 Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Refute Destiny
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ring of Three Wishes
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sheltering Light
  • 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Skybridge Towers
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook Vendor
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Temporal Anchor
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion