Knight at The Roxbury by DrewzerPlays

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Knight typal reanimator strategy piloted by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. The game plan leverages Sidar's eminence ability from the command zone to loot every turn a Knight attacks, stocking the graveyard with powerful high-mana Knights while smoothing land drops. On Turn 4, Sidar enters the battlefield and uses flying and first strike to connect on Turn 5, reanimating key threats like Herald of Hoofbeats, Kinsbaile Cavalier, Vodalian Wave-Knight, or Elenda and Azor for free. Supported by token generators like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Hero of Bladehold, the deck builds an evasive, resilient army protected by Knight Exemplar and Akroma's Will. Robust tax engines such as Rhystic Study and Smothering Tithe ensure sustained card flow and mana advantage, allowing the deck to close the game through overwhelming combat damage and life drain by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Feast of the Victorious Dead
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 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 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight
  • 1 Xerex Strobe-Knight