Undying Crusade by Remarque

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Knight tribal tempo strategy piloted by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. It maximizes Jabari's Eminence ability to sculpt hand and graveyard quality from the earliest turns of the game. Casting low-cost Knights on Turns 1 and 2 ensures immediate looting, allowing the pilot to discard high-cost, high-impact Knights like Cavalier of Night, Herald of Hoofbeats, and Wonder. When Sidar Jabari enters on Turn 4 and attacks on Turn 5, his combat damage trigger reanimates these threats directly to the battlefield without paying their mana costs. The deck transitions into a lethal clock by granting the entire Knight army evasion through horsemanship or flying, pumping power with +1/+1 counters from Vodalian Wave-Knight, and pushing through board stalls with Raise the Palisade and Akroma's Will. Robust protection from Guardian of Faith and Mithril Coat insulates the board from sweepers, ensuring a clean three-player finish by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Blacklance Paragon
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breathless Knight
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon
  • 1 Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Judge Magister Gabranth
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Wonder