Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Budget

Cecil, Dark Knight
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Jesse Barker Plotkin
Jun 26, 2025
Jesse Barker Plotkin
Use Your Life Total as a Resource With This Cecil, Dark Knight Brew
What's the old adage? "Winning at full life is the same as winning at one life"? Jesse's got a deck that really puts that notion to the test.
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32%synergy
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22%synergy
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10%synergy
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17%synergy
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11%synergy
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27%synergy
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22%synergy
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23%synergy
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17%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
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8%synergy
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10%synergy
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0%synergy
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11%synergy
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9%synergy
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2%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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5%synergy
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7%synergy
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24%synergy
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21%synergy
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20%synergy
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14%synergy
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1%synergy
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15%synergy
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-6%synergy
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13%synergy
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-10%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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-9%synergy
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Pact Weapon
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27%synergy
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26%synergy
The Wind Crystal
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12%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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15%synergy
Elixir
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15%synergy
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14%synergy
Crystal Fragments
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14%synergy
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10%synergy
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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5%synergy
The Last Ride
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8%synergy
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-12%synergy
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7%synergy
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4%synergy
Basilisk Collar
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
Instant Ramen
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7%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
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6%synergy
Hylderblade
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
The Seriema
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4%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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16%synergy
Spirit Link
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15%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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10%synergy
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
All That Glitters
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4%synergy
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8%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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-5%synergy
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-12%synergy
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-9%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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-1%synergy
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7%synergy
Life Insurance
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3%synergy
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2%synergy
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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2%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
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5%synergy
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-1%synergy
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5.4%inclusion8 decks147 decks
3%synergy
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1%synergy
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37%inclusion54 decks147 decks
17%synergy
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24%inclusion36 decks147 decks
-9%synergy
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22%inclusion28 decks128 decks
20%synergy
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16%inclusion24 decks147 decks
-28%synergy
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-12%synergy
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10%inclusion14 decks147 decks
2%synergy
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0%synergy
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0%synergy
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8%synergy
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2%synergy
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6.1%inclusion9 decks147 decks
-5%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
War Room
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-2%synergy
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-32%synergy
Arcane Signet
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-31%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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-20%synergy
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-27%synergy
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23%inclusion34 decks147 decks
6%synergy
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23%inclusion29 decks128 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
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-8%synergy
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17%inclusion21 decks125 decks
14%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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3%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
8.8%inclusion11 decks125 decks
9%synergy
Marble Diamond
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1%synergy
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2%synergy
Plains
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1%synergy
Command Tower
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-18%synergy
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-22%synergy
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0%synergy
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-16%synergy
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12%synergy
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-5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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14%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
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32%synergy
Tainted Field
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-18%synergy
Temple of Silence
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-13%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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9%synergy
Desolate Mire
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8%synergy
Fetid Heath
18%inclusion27 decks147 decks
-19%synergy
Glasswing Grace
18%inclusion26 decks147 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
16%inclusion23 decks147 decks
-6%synergy
Crossroads Village
14%inclusion17 decks125 decks
13%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
13%inclusion19 decks147 decks
2%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
12%inclusion17 decks147 decks
-9%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
10%inclusion15 decks147 decks
1%synergy
Godless Shrine
10%inclusion15 decks147 decks
-38%synergy
Capital City
9.4%inclusion12 decks127 decks
9%synergy
Forlorn Flats
8.2%inclusion12 decks147 decks
3%synergy
Neglected Manor
7.5%inclusion11 decks147 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.5%inclusion11 decks147 decks
5%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
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2%synergy
Opal Palace
6.1%inclusion9 decks147 decks
4%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
6.1%inclusion9 decks147 decks
-2%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
5.4%inclusion8 decks147 decks
3%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
5.4%inclusion8 decks147 decks
-27%synergy
Uncharted Haven
5.4%inclusion8 decks147 decks
5%synergy
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