Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Lifegain

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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12%synergy
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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15%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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16%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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3%synergy
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6%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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3%synergy
Forge Anew
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4%synergy
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2%synergy
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-6%synergy
Land Tax
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-8%synergy
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30%synergy
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5%synergy
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23%synergy
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5%synergy
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13%synergy
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13%synergy
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-5%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
Cabal Coffers
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-1%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
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7%synergy
Cabal Pit
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8%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
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7%synergy
Shefet Dunes
7.2%inclusion11 decks152 decks
7%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
6.9%inclusion7 decks101 decks
3%synergy
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-5%synergy
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-2%synergy
Access Tunnel
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3%synergy
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-4%synergy
Arcane Signet
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-6%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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9%synergy
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-18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-4%synergy
Staff of Compleation
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12%synergy
Mox Amber
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11%synergy
Mind Stone
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-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion15 decks152 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.2%inclusion11 decks152 decks
-6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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1%synergy
White Auracite
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6%synergy
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Swamp
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2%synergy
Plains
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-1%synergy
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-4%synergy
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16%synergy
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-0%synergy
Godless Shrine
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14%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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17%synergy
Fetid Heath
46%inclusion70 decks152 decks
3%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
45%inclusion69 decks152 decks
21%synergy
Vault of Champions
40%inclusion61 decks152 decks
1%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
39%inclusion60 decks152 decks
-3%synergy
Marsh Flats
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10%synergy
Silent Clearing
38%inclusion57 decks152 decks
23%synergy
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36%inclusion55 decks152 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Field
34%inclusion52 decks152 decks
-16%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
32%inclusion48 decks152 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
30%inclusion46 decks152 decks
17%synergy
Path of Ancestry
30%inclusion45 decks152 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Silence
30%inclusion45 decks152 decks
-9%synergy
Scoured Barrens
23%inclusion35 decks152 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
22%inclusion34 decks152 decks
15%synergy
Turbulent Moor
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Witch Enchanter
21%inclusion32 decks152 decks
9%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
21%inclusion32 decks152 decks
0%synergy
Glasswing Grace
20%inclusion31 decks152 decks
12%synergy
Desolate Mire
20%inclusion31 decks152 decks
2%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
20%inclusion30 decks152 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
19%inclusion29 decks152 decks
-7%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Starting Town
14%inclusion20 decks140 decks
13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion21 decks152 decks
-5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion20 decks152 decks
-1%synergy
City of Brass
13%inclusion20 decks152 decks
9%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
11%inclusion17 decks152 decks
9%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
11%inclusion15 decks135 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion16 decks152 decks
-7%synergy
Scrubland
11%inclusion16 decks152 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion15 decks152 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
10%inclusion15 decks152 decks
7%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
8.6%inclusion13 decks152 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.9%inclusion12 decks152 decks
3%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
7.2%inclusion11 decks152 decks
-4%synergy
Umbral Expanse
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.6%inclusion10 decks152 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
6.6%inclusion10 decks152 decks
-6%synergy
Demolition Field
5.9%inclusion9 decks152 decks
3%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
5.3%inclusion8 decks152 decks
-2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.3%inclusion8 decks152 decks
-0%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.3%inclusion8 decks152 decks
2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
5.3%inclusion8 decks152 decks
-1%synergy
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