Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Budget Optimized

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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Enter the Avatar State
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dark Confidant
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Feed the Swarm
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
76%synergy
Repay in Kind
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
66%synergy
Tainted Sigil
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
General's Enforcer
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Children of Korlis
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Night's Whisper
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Swords to Plowshares
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Demonic Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Smothering Tithe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Ad Nauseam
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Creatures
Vilis, Broker of Blood
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Vona, Butcher of Magan
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Darkstar Augur
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Bastion Protector
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Blood
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Tymna the Weaver
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Knight Exemplar
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
40%synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Summon: Primal Odin
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Witch Enchanter
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Mother of Runes
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Blood Celebrant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Phyrexian Rager
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Mister Negative
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Servant of the Stinger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Shadows
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Essence Channeler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Feral Deathgorger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Knight of the Ebon Legion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cutthroat Contender
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Towering Viewpoint
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Arco-Flagellant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cat Collector
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scrapwork Rager
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Jazal Goldmane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Skullcap Snail
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Myr Convert
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Burnished Hart
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Moon-Blessed Cleric
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Captain of the Watch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tonberry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Ambulatory Edifice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Suture Priest
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vampire Lacerator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Resolute Reinforcements
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rosa, Resolute White Mage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Summon: Knights of Round
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Withering Torment
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Restoration Magic
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Murder
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Stab
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Path to Exile
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Fight On!
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Infernal Grasp
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Inkshield
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Cut Down
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Union of the Third Path
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blot Out
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Riot Control
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mortify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Battle Menu
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dire Tactics
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Elspeth's Smite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Adamant Will
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Candy Grapple
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Holy Day
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dismember
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Fanatical Offering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Moment of Triumph
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Winter's Intervention
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Secure the Wastes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Offer Immortality
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
March of Otherworldly Light
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Slash of Light
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Overkill
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
40%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Damn
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Sign in Blood
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Split Up
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Exsanguinate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Fumigate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Captain's Call
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vindicate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Consume Spirit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Raise the Past
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mind Rot
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Aerith Rescue Mission
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Break the Ice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Despoil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Gix's Command
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Ichor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Hop to It
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Austere Command
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Profane Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Counsel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blood Money
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Reverse the Sands
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Macabre Waltz
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Evil Reawakened
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Pact Weapon
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Dark Knight's Greatsword
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Basilisk Collar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Excalibur II
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Endstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Campfire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Greataxe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Sword of Forge and Frontier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Hedgewitch's Mask
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Sword of the Animist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Paladin's Arms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Wind Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
World Map
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Adventurer's Airship
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Genji Glove
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mephitic Draught
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Phantom Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tithing Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Cobbled Wings
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Champion's Helm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hero's Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Requiem Monolith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Unspeakable Symbol
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Lunar Convocation
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Greed
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Sanguine Bond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Life Insurance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Lurking Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Stab Wound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Font of Agonies
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dead Weight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Candletrap
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Snack
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Grievous Wound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Pacifism
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Pillory of the Sleepless
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Exquisite Blood
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Twinblade Blessing
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Leyline of Hope
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ghostly Prison
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dark Tutelage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Nowhere to Run
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Kaya, Intangible Slayer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Temple of the False God
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Mishra's Foundry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Drannith Ruins
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Baldur's Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Clive's Hideaway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
The Dross Pits
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Orzhov Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Blitzball
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Plains
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Caves of Koilos
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
36%synergy
Godless Shrine
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Temple of Silence
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Isolated Chapel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-32%synergy
Scoured Barrens
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Marsh Flats
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Vault of Champions
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Silent Clearing
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Witch Enchanter
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Field
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Desolate Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Forlorn Flats
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Thriving Heath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Citadel Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Fetid Heath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-22%synergy
Night Market
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Thriving Moor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Crystal Grotto
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Crossroads Village
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
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