Art by Dmitry Burmak
Saved commander deck
Denzilore Fatehold
Generate a wide board of creatures using token producers and low-cost spells, then trigger Denzilore Fatehold repeatedly through consistent scry and surveil effects to rapidly grow an overwhelming army with +1/+1 counters.
Prompt: Denzilore Fatehold commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Denzilore Fatehold
{1}{W}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Knight of the White Orchid
{W}{W}Creature — Human Knight
Catches up on plains and provides a creature body
Card Draw
10 cards
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
Early creature that draws cards off opponents' noncreature spells
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards when buffed creatures deal combat damage
Removal
10 cards
Condescend
{X}{U}Instant
Flexible counterspell that scries 2 to trigger Denzilore
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Monastery Mentor
{2}{W}Creature — Human Monk
Spits out Monk tokens whenever noncreature spells are cast
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Creates 2/2 flying Drakes off cantrips and interaction
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Generates flying Bird Illusion tokens on spell cast
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard // Artifact
Creates Zombie tokens that transform into 3/3 beaters
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with draws and bursts into a swarm of Squid tokens
Nadir Kraken
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Creates Tentacle tokens on card draw to go wide
Prognostic Sphinx
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
Flying threat that scries 3 whenever it attacks
Sphinx of Foresight
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
Provides a free scry trigger at every upkeep
Thassa, God of the Sea
{2}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible scry engine that makes creatures unblockable
Dream Eater
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Nightmare Sphinx
Flash flying threat with bounce and surveil 4
The Watcher in the Water
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Kraken
Spawns Tentacle tokens on opponent turns from extra draws
Prince Imrahil the Fair
{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Noble
Creates Soldier tokens upon drawing a second card each turn
Minn, Wily Illusionist
{1}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
Generates scaling Illusion tokens on extra card draws
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
{4}{W}{W}Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Floods the board with three 1/1 Soldier tokens each turn
Call the Coppercoats
{2}{W}Instant
Instant-speed burst token generator scaling with opponents
Inga Rune-Eyes
{3}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Scries 3 on entrance and provides insurance on death
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
{1}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Creates attacking Human tokens on each of your combats
Haughty Djinn
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Djinn
Reduces spell costs and scales power with spells in the graveyard
Faerie Artisans
{3}{U}Creature — Faerie Artificer
Creates token copies of every opponent creature entering the battlefield
Sigiled Starfish
{1}{U}Creature — Starfish
Cheap creature with tap ability to scry on demand
Clarion Spirit
{1}{W}Creature — Spirit
Spawns flying Spirit tokens when casting two spells a turn
Utility
7 cards
Retreat to Coralhelm
{2}{U}Enchantment
Repeatable scry trigger on every land play
Eyes Everywhere
{2}{U}Enchantment
Repeatable upkeep scry trigger with late-game creature theft
The Temporal Anchor
{3}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Artifact
Scries 2 on upkeep and turns scried cards into playable exile advantage
Netherese Puzzle-Ward
{3}{U}Enchantment
Upkeep scry trigger that sometimes provides free card draws
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
Stores accumulated +1/+1 counters when buffed creatures die
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to protect Denzilore
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Zero-equip protection to keep Denzilore safe from removal
