Knights of the Round Table by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Esper Knights tribal and reanimator strategy led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. The game plan leverages Sidar Jabari's Eminence ability from the command zone to filter cards and stock the graveyard with high-impact Knights during the early turns. On Turn 4, the deck deploys its commander or reanimation spells, leading into a decisive Turn 5 combat step where Sidar reanimates massive finishers like Moonshaker Cavalry or Herald of Hoofbeats. Supported by efficient interaction, tribal lords, and turn-shielding cards like Grand Abolisher, the deck closes the game through overwhelming evasive combat damage and life-drain triggers by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Kwende, Pride of Femeref
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath