Surv&Scry2 by snowjo2

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Azorius deck leverages Denzilore Fatehold to convert every scry and surveil action into team-wide +1/+1 counters, transforming modest utility creatures into a lethal aerial strike force. The early game establishes evasive threats and scry engines, followed by flashing in Denzilore at an opponent's end step to immediately begin compounding power on Turn 5. By Turn 6, the deck presents an imposing air force capable of eliminating opponents across consecutive combat steps. Card quality is kept high through continuous library manipulation and Jace empower synergies. Interaction is focused on tempo plays, using flexible bounce spells, soft countermagic, and commander-nullifying enchantments like Darksteel Mutation to disrupt opposing progress while maintaining combat momentum. While vulnerable to board sweepers due to modest reactive protection, the high redundancy of scry triggers and secondary anthems like Murmuration allow the deck to rebuild pressure and close out games effectively by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anticognition
  • 1 April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Candlestick
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Cruel Witness
  • 1 Darksteel Ingot
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Devout Decree
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Falcon, Winged Wonder
  • 1 Fatehold Chronologist // Peer Review
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Glider Kids
  • 1 Hamato Guardian Stance
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Holy Cow
  • 1 Inspiring Paladin
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Lost in Space
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mindseeker Oculus
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Murmuration
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Owlin Historian
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Redemption
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plan the Heist
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Protege's Awakening
  • 1 Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Refute Destiny
  • 1 Repurposed Enforcer
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rescue Girl, First Responder
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Semester Foreseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starbreach Whale
  • 1 Surveillance Phantasm
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 1 Survivor of Korlis
  • 1 Swallowed by Leviathan
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Theorist's Sanctum
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Trained Arynx
  • 1 Unauthorized Exit
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Vanish from Sight
  • 1 Way of the Cryomancer
  • 1 Wurmwall Sweeper
  • 1 Yuriko, Hope from the Shadows