Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin

First printed in Final Fantasy (2025)

All 5 prints

Final Fantasy (FIN) #380, 2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #445, 2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #525, 2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #91, 2025
Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) #91s, 2025

Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin

Legendary Creature — Human Knight // Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Deathtouch
Darkness — Whenever Cecil deals damage, you lose that much life. Then if your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, untap Cecil and transform it.
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Lifelink
Protect — Whenever Cecil attacks, other attacking creatures gain indestructible until end of turn.

In the last 30 days 1.5% of Standard decks played it (21 of 1416). Most played in Dimir Midrange. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Modern decks played it (2 of 2268). Most played in Boros Energy.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Final Fantasy (FIN), Premier Draft	58.5%	+2.8	+4.3	12331
Final Fantasy (FIN), Sealed	61.9%	+4.5	+4.4	1703

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Standard staples: main deck, 4% of decks (#142)
Multicolor, Creatures, Lifegain

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 21 of 1416 decks (1.5%).

Share of decks

2.9%

▼ 2.9 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

12 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.7

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Dimir Midrange	10.7%	8%
WBR (unclassified)	1.7%	13%
WB (unclassified)	0.9%	38%
WUB (unclassified)	0.4%	17%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Soulstone Sanctuary	83%	9.5
Bitter Triumph	75%	2.8
Requiting Hex	75%	2.5
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares	58%	8.0
Enduring Curiosity	58%	7.5
Gloomlake Verge	58%	2.6
Watery Grave	58%	2.4
Dream Beavers	50%	7.3
We Say Thee Nay!	50%	7.3
Spyglass Siren	50%	7.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Midrange fazparte in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
WBR Bawer in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Dimir Midrange claudioh in Standard Challenge 32 Special	4-2 67%
WBR lmly in Standard Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Dimir Midrange O_danielakos in Standard Challenge 16	4-3 57%
Dimir Midrange digdude13 in Standard Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Dimir Midrange fazparte in Standard Challenge 32	3-3 50%
WBR Boin in Standard Challenge 32	3-3 50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WBR lmly, 27 Oct	2 main	#22 4-3
Dimir Midrange PetrKikac1, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
Dimir Midrange digdude13, 26 Oct	2 main	#24 3-3
WB Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	2 main
Dimir Midrange Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	4 main
WB Kerci, 25 Oct	1 main	#21 1-3
WB Elenear, 24 Oct	4 main	#31 0-3
Dimir Midrange Tomáš Jirkal, 24 Oct	1 main	#63

Modern Other periods →

In 2 of 2268 decks (0.1%).

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	6.3%	1%
Domain Zoo	4.7%	1%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Domain Zoo Mikebrav in Modern Challenge 64	4-3 57%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy joseaf, 3 Oct	3 main	5-0
Domain Zoo Mikebrav, 29 Sep	1 main	#21 4-3

Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed	0.3%	6%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed Zakwan Mushairry in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed Zakwan Mushairry, 3 Oct	1 main	#59 0-5

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.