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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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13%synergy
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5%synergy
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29%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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15%synergy
Vault of Champions
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8%synergy
Marsh Flats
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16%synergy
Silent Clearing
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27%synergy
Fell the Profane
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25%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
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-6%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
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9%synergy
Fetid Heath
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-2%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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-8%synergy
Tainted Field
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-23%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
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6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
27%inclusion23 decks86 decks
20%synergy
Witch Enchanter
24%inclusion21 decks86 decks
13%synergy
Temple of Silence
22%inclusion19 decks86 decks
-19%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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-2%synergy
Desolate Mire
20%inclusion17 decks86 decks
5%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
19%inclusion16 decks86 decks
-3%synergy
Scoured Barrens
19%inclusion16 decks86 decks
-6%synergy
Starting Town
16%inclusion12 decks74 decks
15%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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-6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
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7%synergy
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-1%synergy
City of Brass
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10%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
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9%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
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9%synergy
Mana Confluence
12%inclusion10 decks86 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
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-1%synergy
Scrubland
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-1%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
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5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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2%synergy
Urza's Cave
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4%synergy
Horizon of Progress
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5%synergy
Thriving Heath
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3%synergy
Fabled Passage
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-4%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
5.8%inclusion5 decks86 decks
2%synergy
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