Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Upgraded

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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-7%synergy
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-18%synergy
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18%synergy
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9%synergy
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15%synergy
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14%synergy
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6%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
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6%synergy
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-5%synergy
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11%synergy
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Dark Ritual
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19%synergy
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21%synergy
Inkshield
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16%synergy
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27%synergy
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26%synergy
Restoration Magic
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23%synergy
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23%synergy
Despark
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-6%synergy
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0%synergy
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18%synergy
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-8%synergy
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10%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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Vindicate
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-6%synergy
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5%synergy
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20%synergy
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30%synergy
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31%synergy
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27%synergy
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28%synergy
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25%synergy
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4%synergy
Mithril Coat
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18%synergy
Buster Sword
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17%synergy
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12%synergy
Genji Glove
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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11%synergy
Sword of Vengeance
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12%synergy
The Endstone
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11%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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1%synergy
Basilisk Collar
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8%synergy
Jet Medallion
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4%synergy
Brotherhood Regalia
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7%synergy
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9%synergy
Paladin's Arms
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8%synergy
Leyline Axe
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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8%synergy
Celestial Armor
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
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4%synergy
Darksteel Plate
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7%synergy
Elixir
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7%synergy
White Mage's Staff
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7%synergy
Archaeomancer's Map
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2%synergy
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6%synergy
Colossus Hammer
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6%synergy
Herald's Horn
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1%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
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-2%synergy
Sword of Fire and Ice
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5%synergy
Soul Conduit
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5%synergy
Champion's Helm
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4%synergy
Skullclamp
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-22%synergy
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Sanguine Bond
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20%synergy
Lunar Convocation
35%inclusion52 decks148 decks
24%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
31%inclusion46 decks148 decks
30%synergy
Greed
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27%synergy
Exquisite Blood
26%inclusion38 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Call of the Ring
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15%synergy
Dark Tutelage
18%inclusion26 decks148 decks
16%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
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2%synergy
Axis of Mortality
17%inclusion25 decks148 decks
16%synergy
Bitterblossom
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9%synergy
Glasswing Grace
15%inclusion22 decks148 decks
7%synergy
Blind Obedience
14%inclusion21 decks148 decks
-5%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
9.5%inclusion14 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Flowering of the White Tree
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Necrodominance
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
3%synergy
Sigarda's Aid
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Font of Agonies
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
7%synergy
Parker Luck
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6%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Land Tax
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
-3%synergy
Knights' Charge
6.8%inclusion10 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Chivalric Alliance
6.1%inclusion9 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Wound Reflection
6.1%inclusion9 decks148 decks
3%synergy
Animate Dead
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
-4%synergy
Ghostly Prison
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
-9%synergy
Flaming Fist
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Reconnaissance
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
4%synergy
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Rogue's Passage
53%inclusion79 decks148 decks
33%synergy
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion71 decks148 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion56 decks148 decks
15%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
35%inclusion52 decks148 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion43 decks148 decks
19%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion36 decks148 decks
3%synergy
War Room
24%inclusion36 decks148 decks
17%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
17%inclusion21 decks124 decks
11%synergy
Minas Tirith
16%inclusion23 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
15%inclusion19 decks127 decks
12%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion21 decks148 decks
10%synergy
The Black Gate
13%inclusion19 decks148 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion18 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
10%inclusion15 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.5%inclusion14 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
9.4%inclusion12 decks128 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Pit
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Westvale Abbey
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
-1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
3%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
6.8%inclusion10 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Shefet Dunes
6.1%inclusion9 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Restless Fortress
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Adagia, Windswept Bastion
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion128 decks148 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion121 decks148 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
65%inclusion96 decks148 decks
12%synergy
Orzhov Signet
43%inclusion63 decks148 decks
-15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion30 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Staff of Compleation
16%inclusion24 decks148 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
15%inclusion22 decks148 decks
-11%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion17 decks148 decks
-3%synergy
Mox Amber
10%inclusion15 decks148 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
-8%synergy
White Auracite
6.3%inclusion8 decks127 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.4%inclusion8 decks148 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion145 decks148 decks
0%synergy
Plains
95%inclusion141 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
89%inclusion131 decks148 decks
2%synergy
Caves of Koilos
80%inclusion118 decks148 decks
23%synergy
Isolated Chapel
73%inclusion108 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Godless Shrine
69%inclusion102 decks148 decks
20%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
45%inclusion66 decks148 decks
23%synergy
Vault of Champions
45%inclusion66 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Marsh Flats
44%inclusion65 decks148 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Field
42%inclusion62 decks148 decks
-10%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
42%inclusion62 decks148 decks
9%synergy
Fetid Heath
37%inclusion55 decks148 decks
-1%synergy
Silent Clearing
36%inclusion54 decks148 decks
21%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
35%inclusion52 decks148 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion49 decks148 decks
21%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
33%inclusion49 decks148 decks
-8%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
32%inclusion48 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Silence
32%inclusion47 decks148 decks
-9%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
28%inclusion41 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
26%inclusion38 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Witch Enchanter
26%inclusion38 decks148 decks
15%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion33 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
20%inclusion29 decks148 decks
-5%synergy
Desolate Mire
18%inclusion26 decks148 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
16%inclusion23 decks148 decks
12%synergy
Scoured Barrens
15%inclusion22 decks148 decks
-9%synergy
Glasswing Grace
15%inclusion22 decks148 decks
7%synergy
Scrubland
13%inclusion19 decks148 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion18 decks148 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
12%inclusion18 decks148 decks
-9%synergy
Starting Town
12%inclusion15 decks128 decks
10%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion17 decks148 decks
7%synergy
Mana Confluence
11%inclusion16 decks148 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion15 decks148 decks
-4%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
8.9%inclusion11 decks124 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
-12%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.8%inclusion13 decks148 decks
-2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
2%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
8.1%inclusion12 decks148 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
7.4%inclusion11 decks148 decks
2%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
6.1%inclusion9 decks148 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
6.1%inclusion9 decks148 decks
0%synergy
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