Silksong by user1989167

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Esper Knight tribal deck is commanded by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir, merging aggressive go-wide combat with an efficient graveyard reanimation engine. The deck operates early by deploying low-cost Knights on turns 1 and 2 to trigger Sidar Jabari's command-zone Eminence ability. Each attack loots away high-cost threats like Moonshaker Cavalry, Cavalier of Night, and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge while sculpting hand quality. On turn 4, Sidar Jabari enters play, attacking on turn 5 with first strike. Connecting with combat damage reanimates massive payoffs directly onto the battlefield before regular combat damage resolves. The deck leverages lords like Herald of Hoofbeats and Kinsbaile Cavalier to push unblockable double strike damage, eliminating opponents across turns 5 to 7. An exceptional suite of instant-speed protection featuring Teferi's Protection, Clever Concealment, and Guardian of Faith defends the creature army against sweepers, while versatile spot removal and asymmetric bounces clear opposing blockers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breathless Knight
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Locthwain Lancer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Suppressor Skyguard
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander