New Untitled Deck by rqh

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Knight tribal aggro-reanimator list built around Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. It leverages Sidar's Eminence ability to filter through cards on early attacks, sculpting the hand and pitching expensive Knight payoffs directly into the graveyard. Once Sidar enters the battlefield on Turn 4, he attacks on Turn 5 to reanimate high-impact lords such as Vodalian Wave-Knight and Herald of Hoofbeats, turning an ordinary tribal board into an unblockable, rapidly scaling army. The deck protects its proactive board state using an exceptionally dense suite of low-cost defensive spells like Blacksmith's Skill and Guardian of Faith. While it lacks infinite combos, fast mana, or stax locks, the deck delivers consistent mid-game combat pressure, resilient engine recursion via Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Knights' Charge, and reliable reach through Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor to eliminate all three opponents by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Emerge Unscathed
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 History of Benalia
  • 1 Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverblade Paladin
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 Thistledown Liege
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight