Dark Knight Shenanigans by b.templar428

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov life-gain/life-loss deck is helmed by Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin, a transforming commander that rewards self-inflicted damage and eventually provides lifelink and indestructible to attacking creatures. The primary win condition is the infinite combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and either Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity: any opponent life loss triggers the Conqueror to gain life, which in turn triggers Vito/Enduring to cause more life loss, creating a loop that drains the table. Secondary wins include a massive Gray Merchant of Asphodel drain, Bolas's Citadel chaining, and Professor Onyx's magecraft drain. The deck uses life as a resource to fuel powerful draw engines like Dark Confidant, Phyrexian Arena, and Necrodominance, while K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth and rituals accelerate mana. The commander is not required for the combo, making the deck resilient to commander removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Axis of Mortality
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Knight's Greatsword
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan