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Denzilore Fatehold turns every separate scry or surveil action into a team-wide +1/+1 counter, giving the new Reality Fracture commander both a scalable fair plan and a compact infinite engine. Repeated effects matter because Denzilore can trigger multiple times in one turn: Cryptic Annelid’s separate scry instructions, for example, generate several buffs rather than one.
The infinite line requires Denzilore, Invisible Woman, Sue Storm, another Hero and an engine that surveils when a creature enters. Proctor of Potential is the clearest version. When any creature enters, Proctor surveils one. Denzilore responds by putting a counter on every creature. Adding a counter to the other Hero triggers Invisible Woman, creating a Wall token. That token re-triggers Proctor, which begins the sequence again. The result is arbitrarily many Walls and arbitrarily large creatures.
Gossip’s Talent or Elrond, Lord of Rivendell can replace Proctor, providing useful redundancy rather than leaving the deck dependent on one exact three-card package. The components also support Denzilore’s normal game: token producers such as Secure the Wastes and Grand Crescendo widen the board, while repeatable scry and surveil cards grow it. Lae’zel can amplify the counter placement, and Herald of Secret Streams can make the enlarged team unblockable.
The weaknesses are the number of permanents required and the visibility of the setup. Removing Denzilore ends both the fair engine and the loop; killing Invisible Woman in response to the first counter trigger also stops token creation. Graveyard-independent interaction helps the combo, but it remains vulnerable to ordinary creature removal and sweepers.
That balance is what makes the technology relevant: the infinite line is powerful, yet every part can contribute outside the combo. Denzilore can therefore function as a conventional token-and-counters commander while threatening a deterministic finish when the three roles align.
The infinite line requires Denzilore, Invisible Woman, Sue Storm, another Hero and an engine that surveils when a creature enters. Proctor of Potential is the clearest version. When any creature enters, Proctor surveils one. Denzilore responds by putting a counter on every creature. Adding a counter to the other Hero triggers Invisible Woman, creating a Wall token. That token re-triggers Proctor, which begins the sequence again. The result is arbitrarily many Walls and arbitrarily large creatures.
Gossip’s Talent or Elrond, Lord of Rivendell can replace Proctor, providing useful redundancy rather than leaving the deck dependent on one exact three-card package. The components also support Denzilore’s normal game: token producers such as Secure the Wastes and Grand Crescendo widen the board, while repeatable scry and surveil cards grow it. Lae’zel can amplify the counter placement, and Herald of Secret Streams can make the enlarged team unblockable.
The weaknesses are the number of permanents required and the visibility of the setup. Removing Denzilore ends both the fair engine and the loop; killing Invisible Woman in response to the first counter trigger also stops token creation. Graveyard-independent interaction helps the combo, but it remains vulnerable to ordinary creature removal and sweepers.
That balance is what makes the technology relevant: the infinite line is powerful, yet every part can contribute outside the combo. Denzilore can therefore function as a conventional token-and-counters commander while threatening a deterministic finish when the three roles align.
Original source: New Reality Fracture Sphinx Breaks 22-Year-Old Mechanic in Half ↗MTG Rocks