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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19%synergy
Witch Enchanter
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19%synergy
Blood Celebrant
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19%synergy
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1%synergy
Summon: Knights of Round
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17%synergy
Vizkopa Guildmage
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11%synergy
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9%synergy
Keen Duelist
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13%synergy
Caustic Bronco
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14%synergy
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7%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
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12%synergy
Exsanguinator Cavalry
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14%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
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13%synergy
Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn
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10%synergy
Archangel of Thune
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9%synergy
Crypt Ghast
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6%synergy
Danitha Capashen, Paragon
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7%synergy
Mother of Runes
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3%synergy
Enduring Angel
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11%synergy
Soul Warden
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Scheming Silvertongue
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3%synergy
Astarion, the Decadent
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8%synergy
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3%synergy
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
Vincent Valentine
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8%synergy
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Serra Ascendant
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2%synergy
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Dark Ritual
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16%synergy
Restoration Magic
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31%synergy
Fell the Profane
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17%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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21%synergy
Dismember
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23%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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10%synergy
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20%synergy
Deadly Dispute
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Inkshield
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Withering Torment
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18%synergy
Angel's Grace
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16%synergy
Bitter Triumph
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16%synergy
Despark
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Generous Gift
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Imp's Mischief
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12%synergy
Mortify
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Akroma's Will
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Hatred
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Reprieve
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Fumigate
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The Darkness Crystal
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Lightning Greaves
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Mithril Coat
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8%synergy
The Endstone
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
Buster Sword
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Phyrexian Processor
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9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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Leyline Axe
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8%synergy
Champion's Helm
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7%synergy
Sword of Vengeance
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8%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
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8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
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5%synergy
Genji Glove
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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Commander's Plate
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Brotherhood Regalia
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4%synergy
Hammer of Nazahn
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6%synergy
Elixir
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6%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
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5%synergy
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
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4%synergy
Soul Conduit
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5%synergy
White Mage's Staff
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Basilisk Collar
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3%synergy
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Sanguine Bond
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24%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
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38%synergy
Greed
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22%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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7%synergy
Lunar Convocation
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12%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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12%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
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3%synergy
Call of the Ring
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15%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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15%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
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13%synergy
Dark Tutelage
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10%synergy
Blind Obedience
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-5%synergy
Necrodominance
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10%synergy
Font of Agonies
11%inclusion18 decks169 decks
10%synergy
Knights' Charge
10%inclusion17 decks169 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
7.7%inclusion13 decks169 decks
3%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
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6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
-4%synergy
Forge Anew
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
5%synergy
Light of Promise
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
-5%synergy
Land Tax
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
-7%synergy
Bitterblossom
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
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27%synergy
Bojuka Bog
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-2%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
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2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
33%inclusion55 decks169 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion48 decks169 decks
5%synergy
War Room
22%inclusion37 decks169 decks
13%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion28 decks169 decks
-4%synergy
The Black Gate
16%inclusion27 decks169 decks
14%synergy
Minas Tirith
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6%synergy
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12%inclusion21 decks169 decks
3%synergy
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7%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
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9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
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0%synergy
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11%inclusion18 decks169 decks
6%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
8.9%inclusion14 decks157 decks
7%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
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4%synergy
Cabal Pit
8.3%inclusion14 decks169 decks
8%synergy
Shefet Dunes
7.1%inclusion12 decks169 decks
7%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
7.1%inclusion12 decks169 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.5%inclusion11 decks169 decks
-5%synergy
Multiversal Passage
5.1%inclusion7 decks138 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
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-3%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
63%inclusion106 decks169 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Signet
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-16%synergy
Fellwar Stone
19%inclusion32 decks169 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion24 decks169 decks
-7%synergy
Mox Amber
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11%synergy
Staff of Compleation
13%inclusion22 decks169 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.5%inclusion16 decks169 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
7.1%inclusion12 decks169 decks
2%synergy
The Soul Stone
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-0%synergy
White Auracite
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4%synergy
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Swamp
100%inclusion169 decks169 decks
2%synergy
Plains
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-1%synergy
Command Tower
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-2%synergy
Caves of Koilos
74%inclusion125 decks169 decks
16%synergy
Isolated Chapel
69%inclusion117 decks169 decks
1%synergy
Godless Shrine
66%inclusion111 decks169 decks
14%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
58%inclusion98 decks169 decks
17%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
46%inclusion77 decks169 decks
21%synergy
Fetid Heath
44%inclusion75 decks169 decks
1%synergy
Vault of Champions
42%inclusion71 decks169 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
39%inclusion66 decks169 decks
9%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
38%inclusion65 decks169 decks
-4%synergy
Silent Clearing
38%inclusion65 decks169 decks
23%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
33%inclusion56 decks169 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Field
33%inclusion55 decks169 decks
-17%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
32%inclusion54 decks169 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
30%inclusion50 decks169 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Silence
29%inclusion49 decks169 decks
-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
27%inclusion46 decks169 decks
4%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
22%inclusion38 decks169 decks
2%synergy
Scoured Barrens
22%inclusion37 decks169 decks
-0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
21%inclusion36 decks169 decks
14%synergy
Witch Enchanter
21%inclusion35 decks169 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion34 decks169 decks
-6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
20%inclusion34 decks169 decks
12%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
20%inclusion33 decks169 decks
-3%synergy
Desolate Mire
20%inclusion33 decks169 decks
1%synergy
Turbulent Moor
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
-2%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
-4%synergy
Starting Town
15%inclusion23 decks157 decks
13%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion24 decks169 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion22 decks169 decks
-6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion21 decks169 decks
-2%synergy
Scrubland
12%inclusion21 decks169 decks
0%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
12%inclusion18 decks152 decks
10%synergy
Mana Confluence
11%inclusion19 decks169 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion18 decks169 decks
-6%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
10%inclusion17 decks169 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
10%inclusion17 decks169 decks
-2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.3%inclusion14 decks169 decks
4%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
8.3%inclusion14 decks169 decks
3%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
7.7%inclusion13 decks169 decks
-3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.1%inclusion12 decks169 decks
1%synergy
Umbral Expanse
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
-7%synergy
Demolition Field
5.9%inclusion10 decks169 decks
3%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.3%inclusion9 decks169 decks
-0%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
5.3%inclusion9 decks169 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
5.3%inclusion9 decks169 decks
-1%synergy
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