Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Self-Damage

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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35%synergy
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33%synergy
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19%synergy
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23%synergy
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16%synergy
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4%synergy
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-0%synergy
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-0%synergy
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4%synergy
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4%synergy
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8%synergy
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-12%synergy
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-6%synergy
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35%synergy
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12%synergy
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18%synergy
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13%synergy
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19%synergy
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16%synergy
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18%synergy
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10%synergy
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16%synergy
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11%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%synergy
Summon: Knights of Round
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16%synergy
Esper Sentinel
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-2%synergy
Crypt Ghast
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9%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
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7%synergy
Mother of Runes
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6%synergy
Doom Whisperer
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13%synergy
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7%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
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Dark Ritual
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15%synergy
Restoration Magic
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27%synergy
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16%synergy
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
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21%synergy
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3%synergy
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20%synergy
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16%synergy
Angel's Grace
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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-4%synergy
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9%synergy
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23%synergy
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21%synergy
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33%synergy
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13%synergy
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20%synergy
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11%synergy
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14%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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1%synergy
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34%synergy
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24%synergy
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5%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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11%synergy
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13%synergy
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5%synergy
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11%synergy
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
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10%synergy
Leyline Axe
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10%synergy
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4%synergy
Buster Sword
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8%synergy
Mithril Coat
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6%synergy
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8%synergy
Champion's Helm
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
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8%synergy
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5%synergy
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8%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
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8%synergy
Brotherhood Regalia
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4%synergy
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4%synergy
Soul Conduit
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
Elixir
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6%synergy
White Mage's Staff
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
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4%synergy
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Greed
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27%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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13%synergy
Lunar Convocation
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17%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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14%synergy
Call of the Ring
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18%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
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16%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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16%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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2%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
15%inclusion22 decks149 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Tutelage
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13%synergy
Blind Obedience
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-3%synergy
Font of Agonies
13%inclusion20 decks149 decks
12%synergy
Necrodominance
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
9%synergy
Knights' Charge
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
10%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
7%synergy
Flowering of the White Tree
7.4%inclusion11 decks149 decks
3%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.0%inclusion9 decks149 decks
-4%synergy
Near-Death Experience
6.0%inclusion9 decks149 decks
5%synergy
Light of Promise
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4%synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
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5%synergy
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-2%synergy
Reconnaissance
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Forge Anew
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4%synergy
Sigarda's Aid
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2%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Spirit Link
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
0%synergy
Parker Luck
5.4%inclusion6 decks112 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
48%inclusion71 decks149 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
46%inclusion69 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
40%inclusion60 decks149 decks
32%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
34%inclusion51 decks149 decks
2%synergy
War Room
28%inclusion42 decks149 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion42 decks149 decks
5%synergy
The Black Gate
18%inclusion27 decks149 decks
16%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
18%inclusion27 decks149 decks
-2%synergy
Minas Tirith
15%inclusion22 decks149 decks
8%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
12%inclusion17 decks139 decks
9%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
12%inclusion18 decks149 decks
7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
12%inclusion16 decks136 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Coffers
11%inclusion17 decks149 decks
0%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
11%inclusion16 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Pit
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
10%synergy
Shefet Dunes
8.7%inclusion13 decks149 decks
8%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
8.6%inclusion12 decks140 decks
7%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
8%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
6.9%inclusion7 decks102 decks
3%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.7%inclusion10 decks149 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion10 decks149 decks
-1%synergy
Multiversal Passage
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.0%inclusion9 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
Nomad Stadium
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
5%synergy
Access Tunnel
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion114 decks149 decks
-3%synergy
Sol Ring
76%inclusion113 decks149 decks
-8%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
66%inclusion99 decks149 decks
13%synergy
Orzhov Signet
40%inclusion60 decks149 decks
-12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
19%inclusion28 decks149 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
15%inclusion23 decks149 decks
-6%synergy
Staff of Compleation
13%inclusion19 decks149 decks
11%synergy
Mox Amber
12%inclusion18 decks149 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
3%synergy
Marble Diamond
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
0%synergy
White Auracite
5.0%inclusion7 decks139 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion148 decks149 decks
2%synergy
Plains
98%inclusion146 decks149 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
85%inclusion126 decks149 decks
-2%synergy
Caves of Koilos
79%inclusion117 decks149 decks
21%synergy
Isolated Chapel
72%inclusion108 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Godless Shrine
68%inclusion102 decks149 decks
16%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
57%inclusion85 decks149 decks
16%synergy
Fetid Heath
46%inclusion68 decks149 decks
2%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
43%inclusion64 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
42%inclusion63 decks149 decks
18%synergy
Vault of Champions
42%inclusion63 decks149 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
42%inclusion62 decks149 decks
12%synergy
Silent Clearing
40%inclusion59 decks149 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Field
34%inclusion50 decks149 decks
-16%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
33%inclusion49 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of Silence
31%inclusion46 decks149 decks
-7%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
30%inclusion45 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
30%inclusion44 decks149 decks
16%synergy
Path of Ancestry
30%inclusion44 decks149 decks
7%synergy
Witch Enchanter
24%inclusion36 decks149 decks
12%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
24%inclusion36 decks149 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion34 decks149 decks
-4%synergy
Glasswing Grace
22%inclusion33 decks149 decks
14%synergy
Turbulent Moor
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
21%inclusion32 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Desolate Mire
20%inclusion30 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion30 decks149 decks
13%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Scoured Barrens
17%inclusion25 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
City of Brass
17%inclusion25 decks149 decks
13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
15%inclusion23 decks149 decks
-3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion19 decks149 decks
-4%synergy
Scrubland
13%inclusion19 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Starting Town
12%inclusion17 decks140 decks
11%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
12%inclusion18 decks149 decks
1%synergy
Mana Confluence
12%inclusion18 decks149 decks
9%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
11%inclusion15 decks136 decks
9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion16 decks149 decks
-1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
10%inclusion15 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
9.4%inclusion14 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
9.4%inclusion14 decks149 decks
7%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
8.7%inclusion13 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Umbral Expanse
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Fabled Passage
8.1%inclusion12 decks149 decks
-5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.7%inclusion10 decks149 decks
2%synergy
Neglected Manor
6.7%inclusion10 decks149 decks
4%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
6.0%inclusion9 decks149 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
6.0%inclusion9 decks149 decks
-0%synergy
Tarnished Citadel
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
5%synergy
Demolition Field
5.4%inclusion8 decks149 decks
2%synergy
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