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Cecil, Dark Knight
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Jesse Barker Plotkin
Jun 26, 2025
Jesse Barker Plotkin
Use Your Life Total as a Resource With This Cecil, Dark Knight Brew
What's the old adage? "Winning at full life is the same as winning at one life"? Jesse's got a deck that really puts that notion to the test.
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
World Map
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
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20%synergy
Greed
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26%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
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30%synergy
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22%synergy
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2%synergy
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3%synergy
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12%synergy
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8%synergy
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13%synergy
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8%synergy
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11%synergy
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-8%synergy
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9%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
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7%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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-9%synergy
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5%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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0%synergy
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5%synergy
Reconnaissance
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5%synergy
Spirit Link
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1%synergy
Angelic Destiny
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3%synergy
Land Tax
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-4%synergy
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Rogue's Passage
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28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
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-4%synergy
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7%synergy
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17%synergy
War Room
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16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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Minas Tirith
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12%synergy
The Black Gate
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15%synergy
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11%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
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12%synergy
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4%synergy
Restless Fortress
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3%synergy
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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-1%synergy
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7%synergy
Homeward Path
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5%synergy
Access Tunnel
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4%synergy
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Sol Ring
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-9%synergy
Arcane Signet
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-15%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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3%synergy
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-18%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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Fellwar Stone
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-9%synergy
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-2%synergy
White Auracite
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10%synergy
Blitzball
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8%synergy
Mind Stone
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-16%synergy
Patchwork Banner
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2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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0%synergy
Marble Diamond
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0%synergy
White Lotus Tile
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5%synergy
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2%synergy
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8%synergy
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15%synergy
Godless Shrine
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8%synergy
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16%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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5%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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10%synergy
Tainted Field
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-8%synergy
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0%synergy
Silent Clearing
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21%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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13%synergy
Vault of Champions
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-6%synergy
Temple of Silence
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-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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5%synergy
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16%synergy
Marsh Flats
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-2%synergy
Desolate Mire
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13%synergy
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1%synergy
Scoured Barrens
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3%synergy
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1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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3%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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-1%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
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0%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
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8%synergy
Witch Enchanter
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7%synergy
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10%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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8%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
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13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-6%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Opal Palace
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Starting Town
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Neglected Manor
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Tarnished Citadel
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
2%synergy
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6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
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