Cecil Orzhov by user8800709

Format: Commander

Commander: Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Cecil, Dark Knight as an efficient commander who rapidly transforms into Cecil, Redeemed Paladin by purposefully dropping your life total to 20 or less through aggressive combat, painlands, and self-harm spells like Snuff Out and Greed. Once transformed, Cecil anchors a lethal combat strategy by granting indestructible to attacking Knights and tokens generated by Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Summon: Knights of Round, while Dion, Bahamut's Dominant and Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness supply evasion and counter scaling. In parallel, the deck weaponizes life total fluctuations through drain engines like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel, culminating in a compact infinite loop with Exquisite Blood and Vito. Supported by an extensive instant-speed removal suite that answers any opposing permanent, the deck applies relentless combat and life-drain pressure while maintaining strong mid-game resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Spear of Agony
  • 1 Danitha, Sword of Hope
  • 1 Dark Knight's Greatsword
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Paladin's Arms
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rosa, Resolute White Mage
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage