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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26%synergy
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21%synergy
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19%synergy
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1%synergy
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18%synergy
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10%synergy
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13%synergy
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Knight of the White Orchid
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9%synergy
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1%synergy
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Fell the Profane
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Inkshield
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10%synergy
Restoration Magic
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28%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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23%synergy
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24%synergy
Snuff Out
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21%synergy
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20%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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10%synergy
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Despark
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Angel's Grace
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17%synergy
Akroma's Will
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Reanimate
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22%synergy
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22%synergy
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16%synergy
Repay in Kind
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30%synergy
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9%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
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11%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
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3%synergy
Infernal Contract
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12%synergy
Profane Transfusion
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11%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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7%synergy
Austere Command
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-6%synergy
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5%synergy
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6%synergy
Fumigate
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2%synergy
Oketra's Last Mercy
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9%synergy
Damnation
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6%synergy
Fix What's Broken
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4%synergy
Pain's Reward
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7%synergy
Vindicate
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Bond of Agony
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7%synergy
Steelshaper's Gift
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6%synergy
Cruel Bargain
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7%synergy
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1%synergy
Temporal Extortion
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4%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
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4%synergy
Revival // Revenge
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1%synergy
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Swiftfoot Boots
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20%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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29%synergy
Tainted Sigil
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29%synergy
Dark Knight's Greatsword
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29%synergy
Excalibur II
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26%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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8%synergy
Sword of the Animist
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20%synergy
Shadowspear
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13%synergy
Mithril Coat
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13%synergy
Whip of Erebos
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12%synergy
Buster Sword
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13%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
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10%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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3%synergy
The Endstone
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10%synergy
Aettir and Priwen
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9%synergy
Genji Glove
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8%synergy
Sword of Vengeance
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9%synergy
Jet Medallion
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3%synergy
The Circle of Loyalty
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9%synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
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Brotherhood Regalia
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4%synergy
Paladin's Arms
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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Herald's Horn
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3%synergy
Commander's Plate
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6%synergy
Phyrexian Processor
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6%synergy
Celestial Armor
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5%synergy
Leyline Axe
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
Basilisk Collar
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4%synergy
Soul Conduit
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5%synergy
Darksteel Plate
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5%synergy
Champion's Helm
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4%synergy
Hammer of Nazahn
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5%synergy
Eye of Vecna
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5%synergy
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Sanguine Bond
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18%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
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35%synergy
Greed
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24%synergy
Lunar Convocation
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18%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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11%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
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5%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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18%synergy
Call of the Ring
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15%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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9%synergy
Blind Obedience
14%inclusion35 decks255 decks
-3%synergy
Dark Tutelage
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12%synergy
Land Tax
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-1%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
11%inclusion29 decks255 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
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6%synergy
Bitterblossom
9.4%inclusion24 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Flowering of the White Tree
9.0%inclusion23 decks255 decks
5%synergy
Knights' Charge
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
8%synergy
Necrodominance
8.2%inclusion21 decks255 decks
7%synergy
Font of Agonies
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7%synergy
Reconnaissance
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5%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
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6%synergy
Ghostly Prison
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-10%synergy
Search for Dagger
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5%synergy
Wound Reflection
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3%synergy
Parker Luck
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4%synergy
Spirit Link
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-0%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
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29%synergy
Bojuka Bog
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1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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14%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
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3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
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20%synergy
War Room
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17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion59 decks255 decks
3%synergy
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15%inclusion36 decks235 decks
12%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
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9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion35 decks255 decks
3%synergy
Minas Tirith
14%inclusion35 decks255 decks
7%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
13%inclusion34 decks255 decks
9%synergy
The Black Gate
13%inclusion34 decks255 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
9.0%inclusion23 decks255 decks
2%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
-1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
-2%synergy
Cabal Pit
8.2%inclusion21 decks255 decks
8%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
7.5%inclusion19 decks255 decks
7%synergy
Westvale Abbey
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-1%synergy
Multiversal Passage
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6%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
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5%synergy
Shefet Dunes
6.3%inclusion16 decks255 decks
6%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.1%inclusion13 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
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1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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
Orzhov Signet
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-10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-2%synergy
Thought Vessel
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3%synergy
Mind Stone
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-7%synergy
Staff of Compleation
13%inclusion34 decks255 decks
11%synergy
Mox Amber
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9%synergy
The Soul Stone
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2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.3%inclusion16 decks255 decks
-7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
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-1%synergy
Plains
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-2%synergy
Command Tower
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2%synergy
Caves of Koilos
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23%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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6%synergy
Godless Shrine
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19%synergy
Fetid Heath
48%inclusion123 decks255 decks
5%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
48%inclusion122 decks255 decks
8%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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23%synergy
Marsh Flats
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14%synergy
Vault of Champions
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4%synergy
Tainted Field
41%inclusion104 decks255 decks
-9%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
37%inclusion94 decks255 decks
-5%synergy
Silent Clearing
36%inclusion93 decks255 decks
22%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
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-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion83 decks255 decks
20%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
33%inclusion83 decks255 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Silence
28%inclusion71 decks255 decks
-10%synergy
Witch Enchanter
26%inclusion67 decks255 decks
14%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion67 decks255 decks
-0%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
26%inclusion67 decks255 decks
6%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
24%inclusion61 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Desolate Mire
22%inclusion56 decks255 decks
3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
21%inclusion54 decks255 decks
-2%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion43 decks255 decks
9%synergy
City of Brass
16%inclusion42 decks255 decks
13%synergy
Turbulent Moor
15%inclusion17 decks115 decks
-5%synergy
Scrubland
15%inclusion37 decks255 decks
3%synergy
Mana Confluence
15%inclusion37 decks255 decks
11%synergy
Starting Town
13%inclusion31 decks236 decks
12%synergy
Scoured Barrens
13%inclusion33 decks255 decks
-9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion32 decks255 decks
6%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
12%inclusion14 decks115 decks
-9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
12%inclusion30 decks255 decks
-7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion27 decks255 decks
-1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
10%inclusion25 decks255 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
-6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
-8%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
8.6%inclusion22 decks255 decks
-2%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
8.2%inclusion21 decks255 decks
6%synergy
Cavern of Souls
8.2%inclusion21 decks255 decks
4%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
8.2%inclusion19 decks233 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
7.5%inclusion19 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Windswept Heath
7.1%inclusion18 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
7.1%inclusion18 decks255 decks
2%synergy
Tarnished Citadel
6.7%inclusion17 decks255 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
6.3%inclusion16 decks255 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
6.3%inclusion16 decks255 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
5.5%inclusion14 decks255 decks
-7%synergy
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