Arcane Foundry › Commanders › Cecily, Haunted Mage

Cecily, Haunted Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Your maximum hand size is eleven. Whenever Cecily, Haunted Mage attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Then if you have eleven or more cards in your hand, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

Build a Cecily, Haunted Mage deck →

What Cecily, Haunted Mage actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · otherWhenever Cecily, Haunted Mage attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Then if you have eleven or more cards in your hand, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from you
• Keyword · partnerpartner

What a Cecily, Haunted Mage deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 32× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Cecily, Haunted Mage

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Build this deck in the Arcane Forge →

Arcane Foundry is free to join and every tool is included: the Arcane Forge deck builder, the ARCANE Analyzer that scores a deck by simulating games rather than counting staples, a card scanner, a collection vault, and live webcam Commander tables. Read the guide · Browse all commanders · Pricing