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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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33%synergy
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33%synergy
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33%synergy
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17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
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16%synergy
Fatal Push
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
Valor Made Real
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17%synergy
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14%synergy
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15%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
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16%synergy
Closing Statement
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16%synergy
Mana Tithe
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14%synergy
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12%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
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2%synergy
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17%synergy
Death Wind
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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13%synergy
Battlewise Valor
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17%synergy
Executioner's Swing
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17%synergy
Gravepurge
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
Pressure Point
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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13%synergy
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26%synergy
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31%synergy
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15%synergy
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19%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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5%synergy
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17%synergy
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13%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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12%synergy
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16%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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Paladin's Arms
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50%synergy
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50%synergy
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49%synergy
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50%synergy
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49%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
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33%synergy
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6%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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7%synergy
Hero's Blade
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33%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
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33%synergy
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26%synergy
Requiem Monolith
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
Celestial Armor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Leyline Axe
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16%synergy
Portable Hole
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16%synergy
Vorpal Sword
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16%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
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16%synergy
Bloodsoaked Altar
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
Shuko
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
Norn's Annex
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14%synergy
Mandibular Kite
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17%synergy
Tome of Legends
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16%synergy
Expert-Level Safe
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
Short Sword
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17%synergy
Heart-Piercer Bow
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17%synergy
Ring of Thune
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16%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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12%synergy
White Mage's Staff
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16%synergy
Dancer's Chakrams
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16%synergy
Reaper's Scythe
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16%synergy
Magitek Scythe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Ninja's Blades
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lunatic Pandora
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
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Dark Tutelage
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Greed
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Pacifism
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Commander's Insignia
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Abzan Runemark
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Grasp of Fate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Reconnaissance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hyena Umbra
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Fear
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Flowering of the White Tree
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Palace Siege
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Grievous Wound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Life Insurance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Hope Against Hope
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Deafening Silence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Bonds of Faith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Hold the Gates
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Knightly Valor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Eternal Thirst
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Knights' Charge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Oblivion Ring
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Painful Quandary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Feather of Flight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Spirit Link
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Lunar Convocation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Sheltered by Ghosts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Nowhere to Run
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ethereal Armor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Dub
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cleric Class
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Eye of Nidhogg
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Battles
Invasion of New Capenna
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis Reignited
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Vault of Whispers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Rogue's Passage
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-27%synergy
Dalkovan Encampment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Encroaching Wastes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Radiant Fountain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Restless Fortress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sequestered Stash
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Great Arashin City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Commander's Sphere
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Sol Ring
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-52%synergy
Arcane Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-65%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Hedron Archive
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Patchwork Banner
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Coveted Jewel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-37%synergy
Springleaf Drum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Orzhov Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-42%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
White Auracite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blitzball
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Command Tower
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-36%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Insomnia, Crown City
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Thriving Moor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Scoured Barrens
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Temple of Silence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Crossroads Village
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Hidden Grotto
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Crumbling Vestige
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Desolate Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Heath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-21%synergy
Gond Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-35%synergy
Warped Landscape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Godless Shrine
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-32%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Isolated Chapel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-48%synergy
Unknown Shores
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Gateway Plaza
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Opal Palace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Painted Bluffs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Shimmering Grotto
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-25%synergy
Thriving Heath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Starting Town
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
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