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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5%synergy
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Greed
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13%synergy
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12%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
Knights' Charge
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10%synergy
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4%synergy
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6%synergy
Light of Promise
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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2%synergy
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6%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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3%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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Access Tunnel
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3%synergy
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Talisman of Hierarchy
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Fellwar Stone
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12%synergy
Mox Amber
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11%synergy
Mind Stone
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-9%synergy
Thought Vessel
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-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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Charcoal Diamond
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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17%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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23%synergy
Fetid Heath
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1%synergy
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2%synergy
Marsh Flats
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11%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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-3%synergy
Silent Clearing
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24%synergy
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-3%synergy
Tainted Field
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-17%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
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7%synergy
Fell the Profane
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18%synergy
Temple of Silence
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-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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5%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
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2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
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15%synergy
Scoured Barrens
23%inclusion36 decks160 decks
0%synergy
Witch Enchanter
22%inclusion35 decks160 decks
10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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12%synergy
Turbulent Moor
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0%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-7%synergy
Desolate Mire
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1%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
19%inclusion30 decks160 decks
-4%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
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-3%synergy
Starting Town
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13%synergy
City of Brass
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10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion21 decks160 decks
-6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion20 decks160 decks
-2%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
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10%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
11%inclusion17 decks160 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion17 decks160 decks
-1%synergy
Scrubland
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-1%synergy
Mana Confluence
11%inclusion17 decks160 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
10%inclusion16 decks160 decks
-7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.1%inclusion13 decks160 decks
4%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
8.1%inclusion13 decks160 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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2%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
7.5%inclusion12 decks160 decks
-4%synergy
Fabled Passage
6.3%inclusion10 decks160 decks
-7%synergy
Demolition Field
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3%synergy
Umbral Expanse
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-4%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
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-3%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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-1%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
5.0%inclusion8 decks160 decks
-1%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.0%inclusion8 decks160 decks
2%synergy
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