New Untitled Deck by Karamell81

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir to execute an aggressive tribal beatdown strategy powered by eminence looting and combat reanimation. From the early turns, low-cost Knights attack to trigger Sidar's eminence ability from the command zone, sculpting the hand and pitching massive Knight payoffs like Moonshaker Cavalry, Herald of Hoofbeats, and Kinsbaile Cavalier into the graveyard. On Turn 4, Sidar enters the battlefield, setting up a Turn 5 attack where first-strike combat damage reanimates a game-ending creature mid-combat. The deck supports this core game plan with efficient removal, countermagic, and potent tribal protection pieces such as Grand Abolisher, Guardian of Faith, and Knight Exemplar. While lacking fast mana and infinite combos, the list compensates with smooth card flow, strong functional redundancy across low-drop enablers and high-end payoffs, and robust recovery paths through Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and mass recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Breathless Knight
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawnstrike Vanguard
  • 1 Eerie Interference
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Garland, Royal Kidnapper
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 History of Benalia
  • 1 Insomnia, Crown City
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Locthwain Lancer
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rogue Class
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Syr Vondam, the Lucent
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Theorix Annex
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whirlwind Denial
  • 1 White Orchid Phantom
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Worthy Knight
  • 1 Xerex Strobe-Knight