Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir by user3650912

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Esper Knight tribal strategy led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. It leverages Sidar's eminence ability to loot every turn starting as early as turn 2, systematically filtering hand quality while stocking the graveyard with powerful high-mana Knights. Once Sidar enters combat on turn 4 or 5, combat damage triggers reanimate game-ending threats such as Herald of Hoofbeats for unblockable attacks, Kinsbaile Cavalier for double strike, or Vodalian Wave-Knight for rapid team-wide growth. Supported by efficient single-target removal, mass protection effects like Knight Exemplar and Divine Resilience, and deep graveyard recursion through Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Haunting Voyage, the deck maintains steady pressure while recovering quickly from standard board wipes. It finishes games through wide, evasive combat damage supplemented by drain triggers from Knights' Charge and Corpse Knight.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Blacklance Paragon
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of Grace
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Progenitor's Icon
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverblade Paladin
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight