Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Optimized Self-Damage

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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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61%synergy
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60%synergy
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7%synergy
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52%synergy
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39%synergy
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48%synergy
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65%synergy
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65%synergy
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57%synergy
Ad Nauseam
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55%synergy
Enlightened Tutor
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45%synergy
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41%synergy
The One Ring
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36%synergy
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31%synergy
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27%synergy
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13%synergy
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56%synergy
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46%synergy
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47%synergy
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45%synergy
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38%synergy
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36%synergy
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40%synergy
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42%synergy
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35%synergy
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40%synergy
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32%synergy
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32%synergy
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18%synergy
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28%synergy
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28%synergy
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26%synergy
Platinum Angel
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27%synergy
Wall of Blood
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27%synergy
Knight Exemplar
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28%synergy
Magus of the Mirror
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28%synergy
Astelli Reclaimer
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18%synergy
Zenos yae Galvus
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16%synergy
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Tataru Taru
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Tree of Perdition
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Weathered Wayfarer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Caustic Bronco
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Stoneforge Mystic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
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12%synergy
Knight of the Ebon Legion
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13%synergy
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
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4%synergy
Herald of Eternal Dawn
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13%synergy
Exquisite Archangel
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14%synergy
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
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-1%synergy
Doom Whisperer
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13%synergy
Archangel of Thune
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10%synergy
Ophiomancer
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7%synergy
Mother of Runes
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4%synergy
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
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9%synergy
Karlov of the Ghost Council
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9%synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
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13%synergy
Drana and Linvala
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6%synergy
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1%synergy
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Angel's Grace
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Path to Exile
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8%synergy
Dismember
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56%synergy
Fell the Profane
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Darkness
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42%synergy
Generous Gift
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18%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Imp's Mischief
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25%synergy
Snuff Out
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27%synergy
Withering Boon
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28%synergy
Silence
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25%synergy
Despark
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Akroma's Will
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22%synergy
Withering Torment
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26%synergy
Dire Tactics
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Simulacrum
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14%synergy
Entomb
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8%synergy
Dawn's Truce
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7%synergy
Stunning Reversal
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14%synergy
Hatred
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13%synergy
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-7%synergy
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6%synergy
Vendetta
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14%synergy
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12%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
Bitter Triumph
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12%synergy
Final Showdown
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12%synergy
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14%synergy
Necrologia
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14%synergy
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0%synergy
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3%synergy
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13%synergy
Beacon of Immortality
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11%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
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9%synergy
Inkshield
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-2%synergy
Heliod's Intervention
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9%synergy
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11%synergy
False Cure
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14%synergy
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Night's Whisper
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41%synergy
Repay in Kind
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42%synergy
Infernal Contract
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43%synergy
Farewell
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30%synergy
Read the Bones
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32%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
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33%synergy
Bond of Agony
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43%synergy
Feed the Swarm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Ashes to Ashes
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28%synergy
Oketra's Last Mercy
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sign in Blood
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11%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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4%synergy
Imperial Seal
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12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
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13%synergy
Dismantling Wave
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14%synergy
Profane Tutor
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13%synergy
Profane Transfusion
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14%synergy
Open the Armory
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10%synergy
Pain's Reward
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14%synergy
Winds of Abandon
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12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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10%synergy
Revival // Revenge
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9%synergy
Risky Shortcut
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13%synergy
Reverse the Sands
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14%synergy
Slash the Ranks
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13%synergy
Dark Deal
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14%synergy
Blood Tithe
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14%synergy
Damnation
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10%synergy
Zof Consumption
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14%synergy
Cruel Bargain
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14%synergy
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Pact Weapon
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56%synergy
Tainted Sigil
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40%synergy
The Endstone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Soul Conduit
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Defense Grid
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Processor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mithril Coat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Whip of Erebos
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Skullclamp
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-13%synergy
Shadowspear
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11%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
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11%synergy
The Golden Throne
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13%synergy
Commander's Plate
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13%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Blind Obedience
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Exquisite Blood
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Smothering Tithe
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4%synergy
Axis of Mortality
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27%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Call of the Ring
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25%synergy
Necrodominance
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Lunar Convocation
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Skrelv's Hive
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Greed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Near-Death Experience
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Glasswing Grace
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Necromancy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sanguine Bond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Carnival of Souls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Font of Agonies
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Trouble in Pairs
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
51%synergy
The Black Gate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Minas Tirith
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Castle Locthwain
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Westvale Abbey
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Cabal Coffers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Reliquary Tower
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Rogue's Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Vault of Whispers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wasteland
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Nomad Stadium
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Emergence Zone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Command Beacon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Shefet Dunes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Secluded Steppe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Inventors' Fair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Pit
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Deserted Temple
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Mox Amber
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-30%synergy
Lotus Petal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
The Aetherspark
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Vault
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Chrome Mox
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Godless Shrine
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Caves of Koilos
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Vault of Champions
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Silent Clearing
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
70%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Scrubland
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Prismatic Vista
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Fell the Profane
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Boggart Trawler
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Isolated Chapel
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-22%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
City of Brass
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Witch Enchanter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Fabled Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Windswept Heath
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Fetid Heath
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Tainted Field
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-23%synergy
Horizon of Progress
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Reflecting Pool
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Evolving Wilds
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Path of Ancestry
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Arid Mesa
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Mana Confluence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Temple of Silence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-13%synergy
Flooded Strand
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Starting Town
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Desolate Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Spire of Industry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Cavern of Souls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Thriving Heath
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
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