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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.)

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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 your hand without paying i
• Keyword · partnerpartner
• AbilityYour maximum hand size is eleven.

What a Cecily, Haunted Mage deck needs

Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• card draw to hold eleven cards (then each attack casts an instant or sorcery free)
• big instants and sorceries worth casting free
• a partner (Friends forever)

The Cecily, Haunted Mage deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 26× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

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.

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