Illegal Knights by Tmrrw

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Esper Knight tempo deck built around Sidar Jabari's Eminence. The primary plan is to curve cheap Knights, attack every turn to filter cards, then cast Sidar and turn his first-strike hit into a free reanimation of a high-impact Knight. Secondary paths use token mass and anthem effects for one large alpha strike, with Haakon, Knights' Charge, and Syr Konrad as a grindy backup. The commander is both a card-selection engine and the recursion enabler, but the deck still works with Sidar in the command zone because Eminence keeps drawing. There is no deterministic combo; wins come from large evasive combat swings. The DFC Dion/Bahamut is a value saga piece, not a hidden commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Locthwain Lancer
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Jet
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mox Pearl
  • 1 Mox Sapphire
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Wonder