WIP | Fatehold by BrotherDoom

Format: Commander

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius aggro-tempo engine built around Denzilore Fatehold. The strategy curve establishes an early board of low-cost utility creatures and scry/surveil enablers like Fear of Surveillance, Il Mheg Pixie, and Proctor of Potential. Once Denzilore Fatehold is deployed—often utilizing flash on an opponent's end step—every subsequent scry or surveil action triggers an anthem effect, distributing +1/+1 counters across all friendly creatures. The deck leverages hyper-efficient cantrips (Opt, Consider, Preordain) and combat triggers to grow evasive flying and unblockable attackers at a compounding rate. Opponents face severe pressure starting on Turn 5, with full table elimination typically landing on Turn 7. To safeguard its creature-dense board, the list runs premier free interaction such as Fierce Guardianship, Flawless Maneuver, and Force of Will, backed by turn-silencing staples like Grand Abolisher to execute decisive combat turns without fear of disruption.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Iceberg
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 1 Fatehold Chronologist // Peer Review
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon's Memorial
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hapatra, the Desert Frost
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hylda of the Icy Crown
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Lembas
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
  • 1 Memory Trap
  • 1 Mindseeker Oculus
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Opt
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Prophesied End
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Rune-Sealed Wall
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Surveillance Phantasm
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Theorist's Sanctum
  • 1 Tomik, Orzhov Lawmage
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Way of the Mentor
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion