Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Upgraded

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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28%synergy
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22%synergy
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29%synergy
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4%synergy
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18%synergy
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16%synergy
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
The Endstone
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
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Elixir
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1%synergy
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5%synergy
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1%synergy
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5%synergy
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-3%synergy
Champion's Helm
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4%synergy
Skullclamp
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-21%synergy
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Sanguine Bond
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18%synergy
Lunar Convocation
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21%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
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28%synergy
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24%synergy
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8%synergy
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4%synergy
Call of the Ring
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15%synergy
Dark Tutelage
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15%synergy
Blind Obedience
16%inclusion27 decks164 decks
-2%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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8%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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14%synergy
Bitterblossom
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7%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
10%inclusion17 decks164 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
4%synergy
Land Tax
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
-1%synergy
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8.5%inclusion14 decks164 decks
5%synergy
Necrodominance
8.5%inclusion14 decks164 decks
8%synergy
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8%synergy
Sigarda's Aid
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5%synergy
Font of Agonies
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7%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
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5%synergy
Wound Reflection
6.1%inclusion10 decks164 decks
3%synergy
Ghostly Prison
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-8%synergy
Parker Luck
5.7%inclusion5 decks87 decks
4%synergy
Chivalric Alliance
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5%synergy
Reconnaissance
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4%synergy
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Rogue's Passage
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34%synergy
Bojuka Bog
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1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion62 decks164 decks
15%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
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2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion47 decks164 decks
18%synergy
War Room
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18%synergy
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4%synergy
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12%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%inclusion26 decks164 decks
8%synergy
The Black Gate
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13%synergy
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14%inclusion23 decks164 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
13%inclusion22 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
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1%synergy
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-2%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
-1%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
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7%synergy
Cabal Pit
8.5%inclusion14 decks164 decks
8%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
8.5%inclusion14 decks164 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.9%inclusion13 decks164 decks
4%synergy
Westvale Abbey
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0%synergy
Shefet Dunes
6.1%inclusion10 decks164 decks
6%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
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0%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
6.1%inclusion10 decks164 decks
0%synergy
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Sol Ring
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4%synergy
Arcane Signet
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3%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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12%synergy
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42%inclusion69 decks164 decks
-15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-1%synergy
Staff of Compleation
14%inclusion23 decks164 decks
12%synergy
Mind Stone
13%inclusion22 decks164 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion21 decks164 decks
-1%synergy
Mox Amber
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.9%inclusion13 decks164 decks
-9%synergy
White Auracite
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
6%synergy
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1%synergy
Plains
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-2%synergy
Command Tower
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1%synergy
Caves of Koilos
77%inclusion126 decks164 decks
20%synergy
Isolated Chapel
72%inclusion118 decks164 decks
7%synergy
Godless Shrine
70%inclusion114 decks164 decks
20%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
44%inclusion72 decks164 decks
22%synergy
Marsh Flats
42%inclusion69 decks164 decks
12%synergy
Vault of Champions
42%inclusion69 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
41%inclusion68 decks164 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Heath
40%inclusion66 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Tainted Field
40%inclusion65 decks164 decks
-12%synergy
Silent Clearing
37%inclusion60 decks164 decks
21%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
34%inclusion55 decks164 decks
-8%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
33%inclusion54 decks164 decks
6%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
33%inclusion54 decks164 decks
-9%synergy
Fell the Profane
32%inclusion52 decks164 decks
19%synergy
Temple of Silence
30%inclusion49 decks164 decks
-11%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
26%inclusion43 decks164 decks
4%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
26%inclusion42 decks164 decks
5%synergy
Witch Enchanter
24%inclusion40 decks164 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion34 decks164 decks
-4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
19%inclusion31 decks164 decks
-5%synergy
Desolate Mire
17%inclusion28 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Glasswing Grace
16%inclusion26 decks164 decks
8%synergy
City of Brass
15%inclusion25 decks164 decks
12%synergy
Scrubland
13%inclusion22 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Scoured Barrens
13%inclusion21 decks164 decks
-11%synergy
Starting Town
12%inclusion18 decks145 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion18 decks164 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion18 decks164 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Confluence
11%inclusion18 decks164 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion18 decks164 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion16 decks164 decks
-5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
-11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion15 decks164 decks
-2%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.9%inclusion13 decks164 decks
2%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
7.9%inclusion13 decks164 decks
-3%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
7.9%inclusion13 decks164 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.7%inclusion11 decks164 decks
1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.1%inclusion10 decks164 decks
1%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
5.5%inclusion9 decks164 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.5%inclusion9 decks164 decks
0%synergy
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