Knights of the cuck table Mk2 by SinfulSpoils

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Esper Knight typal reanimator strategy led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. The game plan utilizes early Knight deployment and commander Eminence to loot high-cost payoffs like Moonshaker Cavalry and Cavalier of Night into the graveyard without paying mana. On turn four, casting Sidar Jabari enables immediate combat-damage reanimation, cheating expensive threats into play while building significant board presence. The deck scales combat pressure through typal lords, double strike from Kinsbaile Cavalier, and unblockable horsemanship from Herald of Hoofbeats. Resilient recursion engines like Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Patriarch's Bidding pair with protective tools such as Guardian of Faith and Akroma's Will to shield against sweepers and spot removal. Asymmetric board resets like Raise the Palisade clear opposing blockers, allowing the deck to eliminate all three opponents across two clean combat rotations by turn seven.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight