Esper Knights tribal that floods the board with Knight creatures and tokens, then swings wide every turn. Sidar Jabari's eminence loots whenever Knights attack, even from the command zone. Lord effects, double strike and evasion turn the attacks into lethal damage. Combat damage from Sidar himself reanimates a Knight from the graveyard, so self-mill and discard double as setup for recursion. Attack-triggered draw, drain and token makers make each combat snowball. How it wins: Repeated wide alpha strikes with anthem-pumped, evasive or double-striking Knights, backed by attack-trigger drain, finish opponents over a few turns. Key roles: - Knight bodies and token production: These cards widen the board with extra Knights and attackers, so every combat triggers Sidar Jabari's looting and the attack payoffs (Summon: Knights of Round, Silverwing Squadron, Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir). - Lords and anthems: These stack power, toughness and indestructibility across the whole tribe so a wide board becomes lethal (Knight Exemplar, Haytham Kenway, Vanquisher's Banner). - Evasion and double strike: These let the team get through blockers and multiply combat damage, often together with Sidar Jabari's flying and first strike (Kinsbaile Cavalier, Herald of Hoofbeats, Akroma's Will). - Attack-triggered value and drain: Each attack draws cards, gains life or drains opponents, which rewards swinging every turn and closes games without full combat damage (Knights' Charge, Chivalric Alliance, Kindred Discovery). - Graveyard recursion: Sidar Jabari's looting and the tutor-to-graveyard effects stock powerful Knights for his combat-damage reanimation, for casting from the graveyard, and for mass returns (Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, Buried Alive, Entomb). - Draw-count growth engine: Extra and doubled card draws grow every Knight with counters or turn into lifelinking Knight tokens, which links the looting to the board (Vodalian Wave-Knight, Teferi's Ageless Insight, Elenda and Azor).

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Herald's Horn
• Lightning Greaves
• Orzhov Signet
• Sol Ring
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Talisman of Progress
• The Circle of Loyalty
• Vanquisher's Banner
• Arcane Sanctum
• Bojuka Bog
• Caves of Koilos
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Flooded Strand
• Glacial Fortress
• Godless Shrine
• Hallowed Fountain
• 3× Island
• Isolated Chapel
• Marsh Flats
• Morphic Pool
• Path of Ancestry
• 5× Plains
• Polluted Delta
• Port Town
• Prairie Stream
• Raffine's Tower
• Sea of Clouds
• Shineshadow Snarl
• Sunken Hollow
• 4× Swamp
• Vault of Champions
• Watery Grave
• Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
• Acclaimed Contender
• Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
• Battle Angels of Tyr
• Cavalier of Dawn
• Cavalier of Night
• Corpse Knight
• Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
• Elenda and Azor
• Exsanguinator Cavalry
• Guardian of Faith
• Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
• Haytham Kenway
• Herald of Hoofbeats
• Hero of Bladehold
• Kinsbaile Cavalier
• Knight Exemplar
• Knight of the White Orchid
• Locthwain Lancer
• Marshal of Zhalfir
• Midnight Reaper
• Moonshaker Cavalry
• Murderous Rider // Swift End
• Silverwing Squadron
• Skyhunter Strike Force
• Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor
• Summon: Knights of Round
• Summon: Primal Odin
• Syr Konrad, the Grim
• Valiant Knight
• Vodalian Wave-Knight
• Wintermoor Commander
• Chivalric Alliance
• Kindred Discovery
• Knights' Charge
• Rhystic Study
• Teferi's Ageless Insight
• Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
• Akroma's Will
• Anguished Unmaking
• Counterspell
• Despark
• Entomb
• Path to Exile
• Swords to Plowshares
• Teferi's Protection
• Unbreakable Formation
• Void Rend
• Buried Alive
• Distant Melody
• Swamp
• Island
• Plains