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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32%synergy
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32%synergy
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32%synergy
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33%synergy
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Vincent Valentine
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16%synergy
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Skyknight Squire
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
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14%synergy
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15%synergy
Suture Priest
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Impassioned Orator
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15%synergy
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17%synergy
Virus Beetle
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16%synergy
Deep-Cavern Bat
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14%synergy
Instants
Fight On!
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49%synergy
Restoration Magic
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46%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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46%synergy
Overkill
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48%synergy
Dark Ritual
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10%synergy
Withering Torment
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31%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
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33%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
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33%synergy
Judgment of Alexander
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33%synergy
Enter the Avatar State
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33%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Murder
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29%synergy
Mortify
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11%synergy
Battle Menu
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33%synergy
Cut Down
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16%synergy
Shoot the Sheriff
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16%synergy
Holy Day
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16%synergy
Secure the Wastes
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13%synergy
Despark
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16%synergy
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Fanatical Offering
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14%synergy
Winter's Intervention
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16%synergy
Blot Out
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Riot Control
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15%synergy
Path to Exile
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Will of the Mardu
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16%synergy
Grand Crescendo
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March of Otherworldly Light
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Dire Tactics
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Union of the Third Path
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Candy Grapple
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Unbreakable Formation
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Stab
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Dual-Sun Technique
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Evil Reawakened
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Feed the Swarm
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Sign in Blood
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Fumigate
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Diabolic Intent
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Break the Ice
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Blood Money
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Dusk // Dawn
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Consume Spirit
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Demonic Counsel
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Dark Deal
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Ultima
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Captain's Call
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Despoil
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Gix's Command
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Mind Rot
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Resentful Revelation
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Zero Point Ballad
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Utility Artifacts
Tainted Sigil
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Dark Knight's Greatsword
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The Darkness Crystal
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Dragoon's Lance
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The Wind Crystal
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Pact Weapon
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Sword of the Animist
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World Map
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Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal
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Sword of Forge and Frontier
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Blackblade Reforged
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Hero's Blade
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Sigiled Sword of Valeron
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Basilisk Collar
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White Mage's Staff
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Phoenix Down
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Paladin's Arms
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Campfire
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Herald's Horn
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Swiftfoot Boots
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Excalibur II
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15%synergy
Enchantments
Lunar Convocation
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Greed
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Search for Dagger
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Brilliant Wings
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33%synergy
Airbender Ascension
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30%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
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18%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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13%synergy
Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
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32%synergy
The Legend of Yangchen
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32%synergy
Parker Luck
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19%synergy
Legion Loyalty
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16%synergy
Grievous Wound
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14%synergy
Life Insurance
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13%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
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16%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
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16%synergy
Knights' Charge
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16%synergy
Nowhere to Run
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dub
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17%synergy
Ghostly Prison
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2%synergy
Black Market
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10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Divine Visitation
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14%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Anointed Procession
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8%synergy
Pillory of the Sleepless
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16%synergy
Lurking Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Necrodominance
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16%synergy
Stab Wound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dead Weight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
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16%synergy
Pacifism
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Font of Agonies
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Leyline of Hope
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Cathars' Crusade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Planeswalkers
Kaya, Intangible Slayer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Temple of the False God
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Rogue's Passage
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Drannith Ruins
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
The Dross Pits
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mishra's Foundry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Baldur's Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
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50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Blitzball
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Staff of Compleation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Heraldic Banner
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
White Auracite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Plains
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Caves of Koilos
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Desolate Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Godless Shrine
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Starting Town
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Crossroads Village
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Silence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Citadel Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Thriving Heath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Capital City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Witch Enchanter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-35%synergy
Thriving Moor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Crystal Grotto
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Silent Clearing
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Night Market
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Isolated Chapel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-49%synergy
Scoured Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Marsh Flats
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Forlorn Flats
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Vault of Champions
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
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