Knight Terrors by Slamaro

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Orzhov Knight tribal and combat aggro deck that uses Cecil, Dark Knight as an efficient, low-cost early play and late-game protection engine. The early turns focus on establishing a wide board of resilient Knights and token producers like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Worthy Knight, while drawing cards through engines like Tymna the Weaver and Black Market Connections. Self-damaging cards and combat trades help bring life totals down to enable Cecil's transformation into Cecil, Redeemed Paladin, granting attacking creatures indestructible. The deck threatens critical lethal onset around Turn 6 by stacking high-impact anthems, double strike from Kinsbaile Cavalier, or aerial evasion from Dion, Bahamut's Dominant, subsequently eliminating all three opponents over three attack steps by Turn 8. While resilient against spot removal, its reliance on sustained board states leaves it susceptible to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Widow, Deadly Hunter
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavalry Pegasus
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Processor
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Righteous Confluence
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Shrike Force
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, the Lucent
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Worthy Knight