Equip Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin Rarity: Rare TYPE: Legendary Creature // Legendary Creature SUBTYPE: Human Knight // Human Knight CMC: 1 Mana cost: USD: $11.30 EUR: 42.92 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 9520 (2/3) Deathtouch Darkness Whenever Cecil deals damage, you lose that much life
The tap effect is certainly useful but in most cases it is about the most minor tempo swing on a card
Dead Weight is looking better and better, and helps race us towards delirium
As The Great Work, this saga can be a smaller board wipe, dealing three damage to an opponent and all their creatures
Its easy for a niche card to be strong within its niche - and sometimes a card like that is simply so strong that it takes a deck from being a fun idea into a crushing way to play Commander - but its far rarer for a card to work in decks that its not intended for
Even 1 damage dealt to a creature from a source with deathtouch is considered lethal damage, so any amount greater than that will cause excess damage to be dealt, even if the total amount of damage isn't greater than the creature's toughness