Cecil, Dark Knight (Commander) - Upgraded Lifedrain

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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-1%synergy
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42%synergy
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42%synergy
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23%synergy
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28%synergy
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28%synergy
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18%synergy
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21%synergy
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25%synergy
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26%synergy
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17%synergy
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14%synergy
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7%synergy
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13%synergy
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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10%synergy
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
Assault Intercessor
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13%synergy
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10%synergy
Lady of Laughter
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14%synergy
Hooded Blightfang
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14%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
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14%synergy
Anrakyr the Traveller
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14%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
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2%synergy
Abattoir Ghoul
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Brass Squire
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14%synergy
Childhood Horror
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14%synergy
Graven Abomination
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14%synergy
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
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13%synergy
Soul's Attendant
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3%synergy
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Angel's Grace
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40%synergy
Silence
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39%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
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30%synergy
Path to Exile
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-7%synergy
Snuff Out
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26%synergy
Clever Concealment
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24%synergy
Deadly Dispute
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6%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
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26%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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24%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
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23%synergy
Inkshield
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7%synergy
Dismember
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27%synergy
Akroma's Will
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22%synergy
Overkill
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27%synergy
Restoration Magic
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25%synergy
Enter the Avatar State
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19%synergy
Comeuppance
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13%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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2%synergy
Fatal Push
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13%synergy
Thrilling Encore
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14%synergy
Go for the Throat
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10%synergy
Eerie Interference
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14%synergy
Dawn's Truce
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7%synergy
Everybody Lives!
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13%synergy
Fanatical Offering
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12%synergy
Flare of Fortitude
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7%synergy
Get Lost
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11%synergy
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14%synergy
Doom Blade
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13%synergy
Vanishing Verse
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7%synergy
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11%synergy
Necrologia
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Darkness
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Shelter
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Utter End
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Generous Gift
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Batwing Brume
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Cloud's Limit Break
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Fight On!
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35%synergy
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26%synergy
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27%synergy
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18%synergy
Vindicate
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17%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
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5%synergy
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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10%synergy
Pain's Reward
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14%synergy
Read the Bones
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5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
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9%synergy
Storm of Souls
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13%synergy
Unfinished Business
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14%synergy
Decree of Pain
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13%synergy
Reanimate
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-2%synergy
Return Triumphant
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14%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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11%synergy
Reverse the Sands
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14%synergy
Damnation
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10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
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13%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
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14%synergy
Behold the Sinister Six!
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14%synergy
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Pact Weapon
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42%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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18%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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39%synergy
Eye of Vecna
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28%synergy
Tainted Sigil
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26%synergy
Dark Knight's Greatsword
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28%synergy
Genji Glove
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28%synergy
Quietus Spike
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13%synergy
Neglected Heirloom
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14%synergy
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13%synergy
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13%synergy
Dissection Tools
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14%synergy
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11%synergy
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7%synergy
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12%synergy
Cobbled Wings
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14%synergy
Transmutation Font
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14%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
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12%synergy
Darksteel Plate
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13%synergy
Jet Medallion
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8%synergy
Goldvein Pick
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14%synergy
Altar of the Wretched
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14%synergy
Tome of Legends
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14%synergy
Endless Atlas
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14%synergy
Tinker's Tote
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14%synergy
Saw
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14%synergy
Loxodon Warhammer
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13%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
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12%synergy
Dusk Rose Reliquary
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14%synergy
Sword of Vengeance
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14%synergy
Cloak of the Bat
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14%synergy
Archaeomancer's Map
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9%synergy
Sigiled Sword of Valeron
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14%synergy
Collector's Vault
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13%synergy
Hero's Heirloom
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14%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
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14%synergy
Dragoon's Lance
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14%synergy
White Mage's Staff
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14%synergy
Reaper's Scythe
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14%synergy
Conformer Shuriken
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14%synergy
Paladin's Arms
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14%synergy
Buster Sword
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13%synergy
Aettir and Priwen
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14%synergy
World Map
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14%synergy
The Seriema
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
The Endstone
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14%synergy
Requiem Monolith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Enchantments
Endless Foot Assault
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Axis of Mortality
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Parker Luck
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Dark Tutelage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Grasp of Fate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Barrensteppe Siege
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Hopeful Vigil
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Braids's Frightful Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Leyline of Sanctity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Grievous Wound
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Life Insurance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Blind Obedience
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Defenders of Humanity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Exquisite Blood
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Karmic Justice
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Necrodominance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Font of Agonies
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Wound Reflection
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Painful Quandary
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Flaming Fist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Land Tax
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Ghostly Prison
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Champions from Beyond
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Planeswalkers
Kaya, Ghost Assassin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Rogue's Passage
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Ishgard, the Holy See
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Throne of the High City
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Labyrinth of Skophos
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Blighted Steppe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Great Arashin City
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Castle Ardenvale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Adagia, Windswept Bastion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-24%synergy
White Auracite
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Caged Sun
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Staff of Compleation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Strixhaven Stadium
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Relic of Legends
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mox Amber
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
The Irencrag
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Soul Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Caves of Koilos
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Plains
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Command Tower
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
-15%synergy
Fetid Heath
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Exotic Orchard
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Field
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Godless Shrine
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Isolated Chapel
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-25%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Desolate Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Path of Ancestry
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Scoured Barrens
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Temple of Silence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-12%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Horizon of Progress
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Demolition Field
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Ballroom
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Marsh Flats
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Vault of Champions
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-25%synergy
Voldaren Estate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Silent Clearing
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
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