Sidar
Format: Commander
Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Bracket: 3
DeckCheck Threat Index: 43
Deck overview
This deck is a high-synergy Esper Knight typal strategy led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. It maximizes Jabari's eminence ability to loot cards on every attack, filling the graveyard with high-cost bomb Knights like Moonshaker Cavalry, Herald of Hoofbeats, and Cavalier of Night. Once Jabari enters the battlefield on Turn 4, his combat damage trigger repeatedly reanimates these threats directly into play for free. Supported by token generators such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Hero of Bladehold, the board rapidly widens with anthem buffs, double strike, and unblockable horsemanship. Free defensive spells like Fierce Guardianship and Flawless Maneuver shield the team from board wipes, while versatile spot removal and asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade clear opposing defenses for a decisive Turn 6 combat victory.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Acclaimed Contender
- 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- 1 Akroma's Will
- 1 Anguished Unmaking
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
- 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Cavalier of Dawn
- 1 Cavalier of Night
- 1 Cavern of Souls
- 1 Chivalric Alliance
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Conjurer's Mantle
- 1 Corpse Knight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cyclonic Rift
- 1 Damn
- 1 Deadly Rollick
- 1 Dimir Signet
- 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
- 1 Dovin's Veto
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elenda and Azor
- 1 Entomb
- 1 Etchings of the Chosen
- 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
- 1 Fellwar Stone
- 1 Fierce Guardianship
- 1 Flawless Maneuver
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Guardian of Faith
- 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
- 1 Herald's Horn
- 1 Hero of Bladehold
- 3 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Kindred Discovery
- 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
- 1 Knight Exemplar
- 1 Knight of the White Orchid
- 1 Knights' Charge
- 1 Lightning Greaves
- 1 Locthwain Lancer
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Midnight Reaper
- 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
- 1 Morphic Pool
- 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
- 1 Orzhov Signet
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Path to Exile
- 3 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Port Town
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Raise the Palisade
- 1 Reanimate
- 1 Rogue's Passage
- 1 Sea of Clouds
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- 1 Silverwing Squadron
- 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
- 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
- 1 Sol Ring
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Swiftfoot Boots
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Teferi's Protection
- 1 Three Tree City
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Valiant Knight
- 1 Victimize
- 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
- 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wintermoor Commander
- 1 Wonder
- 1 Worthy Knight