Knights to meet you by aolguin

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Knight tribal deck led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. It blends aggressive creature combat with graveyard recursion and token swarm strategies. From turn one, Sidar's eminence ability lets any attacking Knight loot, smoothing early land drops and filling the graveyard with high-cost reanimation targets. On turn four, Sidar enters the battlefield and starts reviving impactful Knights like Cavalier of Night and Silverwing Squadron through combat damage. The deck finishes games on turns six through eight by stacking tribal lords, granting unblockable horsemanship via Herald of Hoofbeats, or casting game-ending pump spells like Coat of Arms and Akroma's Will. A strong suite of 1–2 mana acceleration artifacts enables consistent early curve-outs, while defensive cards like Clever Concealment and Flare of Fortitude shield the wide board against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bloodsworn Squire // Bloodsworn Knight
  • 1 Breathless Knight
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverblade Paladin
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble