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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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66%synergy
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65%synergy
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65%synergy
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63%synergy
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34%synergy
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2%synergy
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48%synergy
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49%synergy
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50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
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50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
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50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
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42%synergy
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48%synergy
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50%synergy
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33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
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33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
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33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Blood Celebrant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Slaughter Specialist
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Neva, Stalked by Nightmares
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Soulcage Fiend
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Vincent Valentine
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
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33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Blade Juggler
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Impassioned Orator
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Sanguine Savior
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Enduring Angel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Children of Korlis
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
High Priest of Penance
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Minthara, Merciless Soul
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Aerith Gainsborough
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
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17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Darkstar Augur
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Evolved Sleeper
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Healer's Hawk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Monk of the Open Hand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Segovian Angel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Warden of the Inner Sky
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cat Collector
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nyx-Fleece Ram
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mother of Runes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Doomed Traveler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Concealing Curtains
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Exsanguinator Cavalry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Resistance Fighter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Stirge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Disciple of the Vault
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bloodsoaked Champion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Vizkopa Guildmage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Brightblade Stoat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Overkill
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Cruel Truths
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Crumb and Get It
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Executioner's Swing
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Fatal Push
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Succumb to Temptation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Spontaneous Flight
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Tragic Fall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Oblivion's Hunger
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Closing Statement
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Loran's Escape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Cut Down
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Village Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Gods Willing
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scales of Shale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Surge of Salvation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Repel Calamity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Despark
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Sonar Strike
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Professor's Warning
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Defiant Strike
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mortify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dire Tactics
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Bake into a Pie
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Tithe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Riot Control
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Secure the Wastes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Feign Death
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hazel's Nocturne
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Divine Resilience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Fleeting Flight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Armor of Shadows
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Death Wind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Savor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Take Up the Shield
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nocturnal Hunger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Battle Menu
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
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Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Blood Price
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Sign in Blood
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Stargaze
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Living Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Deadly Tempest
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Stupor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Humiliate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Unearth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Purge the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Exhilarating Elocution
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Essence Infusion
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Death Grasp
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Never Happened
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Worthy Cost
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Sunset Revelry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Diresight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Helping Hand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Contract
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Damn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Beyond the Quiet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Austere Command
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Exsanguinate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Fell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Decode Transmissions
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mephitic Draught
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Marble Chalice
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
World Map
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Tithing Blade
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Norn's Annex
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Elixir
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Fountainport Bell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Crystal Fragments
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Sunbeam Spellbomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Necrogen Spellbomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vexing Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Portable Hole
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cliffhaven Kitesail
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Bloodforged Battle-Axe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shuko
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Viridian Longbow
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Colossus Hammer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Eater of Virtue
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mandibular Kite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Deconstruction Hammer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Instant Ramen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dross Skullbomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Basilica Skullbomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Strength-Testing Hammer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Prying Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Skullclamp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Leather Armor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Tanglebloom
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Dispeller's Capsule
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dragonfire Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Basilisk Collar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Nutrient Block
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ransom Note
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Celestial Armor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vorpal Sword
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bag of Holding
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sinister Monolith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Cathar's Shield
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Pacification Array
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Pact Weapon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
White Mage's Staff
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Abzan Runemark
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Dark Tutelage
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Hold the Gates
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Spirit Link
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Palace Siege
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Eternal Thirst
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Grasp of Fate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Commander's Insignia
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Feather of Flight
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Greed
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Hyena Umbra
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Shardmage's Rescue
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Blind Obedience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Agent of the Shadow Thieves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Reconnaissance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Knights' Charge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lunar Convocation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Cleric Class
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Demonic Vigor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Snack
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vampiric Link
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Banishing Light
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Battles
Invasion of New Capenna
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Planeswalkers
The Wandering Emperor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Vault of Whispers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Restless Fortress
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Westvale Abbey
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Shambling Vent
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-27%synergy
The Fair Basilica
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sea Gate Wreckage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cryptic Caves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Havengul Laboratory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mudflat Village
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Great Arashin City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Orzhov Signet
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-48%synergy
White Auracite
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-20%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sol Ring
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-52%synergy
Springleaf Drum
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Orzhov Keyrune
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Chromatic Star
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Marble Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Blitzball
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Plains
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
62%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Scoured Barrens
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Command Tower
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-36%synergy
Fetid Heath
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Godless Shrine
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Isolated Chapel
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Opal Palace
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Exotic Orchard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Gond Gate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Thriving Moor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Starting Town
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Crumbling Vestige
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Gateway Plaza
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Caves of Koilos
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-41%synergy
Warped Landscape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Horizon of Progress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Temple of Silence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-25%synergy
Capital City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Desolate Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Glasswing Grace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-35%synergy
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