knights! (Copy) by user3893828

Format: Commander

Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper Knight tribal deck is helmed by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir, leveraging his eminence ability to draw and loot on every attack with Knights, and his combat damage trigger to reanimate a Knight from the graveyard. The strategy is a classic go-wide midrange assault: deploy a critical mass of inexpensive Knights, pump them with lords and anthem effects, then grind value through recurring threats and card advantage. The deck lacks infinite combos, relying instead on overwhelming board presence, mass recursion via Knights' Charge and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, and finishers like Moonshaker Cavalry or Kindred Dominance. Interaction is present but modest, focused on spot removal and a handful of counterspells. The deck is resilient to attack and board wipes through a dense suite of protection spells and indestructible-granting effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Avengers Monitoring Station
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blacklance Paragon
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Dauntless Bodyguard
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haytham Kenway
  • 1 Herald of Hoofbeats
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Knights' Charge
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Locthwain Lancer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marshal of Zhalfir
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise Repulsor Shields
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight