Duel of the Fateshold - Upgraded by MechaLatte

Format: Commander

Creator: MechaLatte

Commander: Denzilore Fatehold

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius aggro-tempo strategy commanded by Denzilore Fatehold, designed to convert card-selection mechanics into massive board-wide stats. By pairing cheap scry and surveil permanents with Denzilore's trigger, every card filtered also places a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost enablers like Attentive Sunscribe, Starfighter Pilot, and Sigiled Starfish, followed by flashing in Denzilore on Turn 4. From Turn 5 onward, attacks and upkeep triggers grow the entire board rapidly, turning minor utility creatures into evasive lethal threats. The deck capitalizes on asymmetric tools like Wave Goodbye to clear opposing blockers while keeping its modified attackers intact. While it lacks infinite combos, fast mana, or tutors, the deck offers remarkable operational consistency through continuous scrying, backed by targeted protection spells to keep Denzilore safe from single-target removal during critical combat swings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Arwen's Gift
  • 1 Attentive Sunscribe
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Boon of Safety
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Compassionate Healer
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Denzilore Fatehold
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Essence Anchor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eyes Everywhere
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fear of Surveillance
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fortune, Loyal Steed
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Goggles of Night
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hithlain Knots
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 1 Inspiring Paladin
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindwhisker
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moonfolk Puzzlemaker
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Niko Aris
  • 1 No Escape
  • 1 Oji, the Exquisite Blade
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overwhelmed Apprentice
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Poised Practitioner
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Proctor of Potential
  • 1 Refute Destiny
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Semester Foreseer // Peer Review
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfighter Pilot
  • 1 Surveillance Phantasm
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Temporal Anchor
  • 1 Trained Arynx
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Walking Skyscraper
  • 1 Wave Goodbye