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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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6%synergy
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12%synergy
Scrubland
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3%synergy
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9%synergy
Temple of Silence
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-26%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
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10%synergy
Fabled Passage
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1%synergy
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-3%synergy
Horizon of Progress
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10%synergy
Demolition Field
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7%synergy
City of Brass
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7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-12%synergy
Urza's Cave
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5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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3%synergy
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-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
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-4%synergy
Mana Confluence
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4%synergy
Thriving Heath
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4%synergy
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