Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Core Knights

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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54%synergy
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53%synergy
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41%synergy
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31%synergy
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26%synergy
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26%synergy
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28%synergy
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24%synergy
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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19%synergy
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
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24%synergy
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17%synergy
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21%synergy
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21%synergy
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17%synergy
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23%synergy
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25%synergy
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19%synergy
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25%synergy
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25%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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42%synergy
Path to Exile
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-12%synergy
Erode
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20%synergy
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-1%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
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22%synergy
Fracture
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4%synergy
Dismember
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23%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
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11%synergy
Protection Magic
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14%synergy
Ultimate Magic: Holy
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14%synergy
Overkill
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13%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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Plunge into Darkness
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12%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
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10%synergy
Orzhov Charm
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12%synergy
Dark Bargain
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12%synergy
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5%synergy
Slaughter
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
Redeem the Lost
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12%synergy
Moonlight Bargain
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12%synergy
Deadly Dispute
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Doom Blade
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11%synergy
Abstruse Appropriation
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10%synergy
Culling the Weak
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8%synergy
Armor of Shadows
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12%synergy
Angel's Grace
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9%synergy
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10%synergy
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Toxic Deluge
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33%synergy
Austere Command
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21%synergy
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
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25%synergy
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16%synergy
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Fumigate
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7%synergy
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22%synergy
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13%synergy
Moment of Reckoning
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10%synergy
Fix What's Broken
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10%synergy
Requisition Raid
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10%synergy
Jailbreak
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12%synergy
Repay in Kind
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Damnable Pact
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12%synergy
Haunting Voyage
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12%synergy
Everything Comes to Dust
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12%synergy
Pox
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12%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
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11%synergy
Profane Command
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12%synergy
Ancient Craving
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
Ambition's Cost
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11%synergy
Claim the Precious
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
Risky Shortcut
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12%synergy
Syphon Mind
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10%synergy
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
Day of Judgment
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10%synergy
Recruitment Drive
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12%synergy
Stargaze
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10%synergy
Crippling Fear
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12%synergy
Righteous Confluence
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12%synergy
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The Circle of Loyalty
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50%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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39%synergy
Pact Weapon
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36%synergy
Sword of Vengeance
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37%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
The Endstone
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28%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
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25%synergy
Leyline Axe
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24%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
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23%synergy
Hero's Blade
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24%synergy
The Prydwen, Steel Flagship
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24%synergy
White Mage's Staff
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Reaper's Scythe
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14%synergy
Buster Sword
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13%synergy
Machinist's Arsenal
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14%synergy
Crystal Fragments
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14%synergy
Aettir and Priwen
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14%synergy
World Map
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14%synergy
Elixir
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14%synergy
Requiem Monolith
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13%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
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12%synergy
Shining Armor
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12%synergy
Plate Armor
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12%synergy
Celestial Armor
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11%synergy
Vorpal Sword
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12%synergy
Bloodsoaked Altar
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12%synergy
Heirloom Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
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10%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
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11%synergy
Livewire Lash
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12%synergy
Darksteel Plate
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12%synergy
Champion's Helm
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11%synergy
Herald's Horn
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8%synergy
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12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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-7%synergy
Argentum Armor
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12%synergy
Tainted Sigil
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ring of Thune
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12%synergy
Enchantments
Knights' Charge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dark Tutelage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Greed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Chivalric Alliance
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Etchings of the Chosen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Valkyrie's Call
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Gift of Immortality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Season of the Witch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fear
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Case of the Gateway Express
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
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11%synergy
Sanguine Bond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Knightly Valor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Call of the Ring
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Painful Quandary
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Folk Hero
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Spirit Link
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Lunar Convocation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Flaming Fist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Land Tax
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Trouble in Pairs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Battles
Invasion of New Capenna
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
43%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-20%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Castle Locthwain
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Temple of the False God
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Multiversal Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Secret Tunnel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Kor Haven
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Memorial to Folly
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Buried Ruin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Minas Tirith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Shefet Dunes
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
High Market
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Emeria, the Sky Ruin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Sol Ring
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Signet
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-28%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Staff of Compleation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Isolated Chapel
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Caves of Koilos
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Desolate Mire
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Fetid Heath
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Tainted Field
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Temple of Silence
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Turbulent Moor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Eclipsed Steppe
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Godless Shrine
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Path of Ancestry
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Scoured Barrens
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Silent Clearing
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Starting Town
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Capital City
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Umbral Expanse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Spire of Industry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
The Grey Havens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Neglected Manor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-17%synergy
Black Dragon Gate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
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