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Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir Commander Deck

by shadowborn_dauthi100 cards

This is an Esper Knights aggro deck that attacks every turn. Its engine is Sidar Jabari's eminence loot, which fires whenever any Knight attacks even while the commander sits in the command zone. Those loots and the deck's other draw effects feed draw-and-discard payoffs, and Sidar's combat damage, plus a reanimation package, pulls discarded or dead Knights back onto the battlefield. Token makers flood the board with Knights, and anthems, +1/+1 counters, double strike and evasion turn the wide board into lethal attacks. How it wins: Repeated alpha strikes with a wide, pumped Knight board, carried by evasion, double strike or a mass flying pump, while attack-trigger drain chips at every opponent. Key roles: - Attack-trigger card flow: Every Knight attack loots through Sidar Jabari's eminence, and other attack and draw triggers stack on top, turning each combat into cards and fuel. Doubled triggers for the chosen type make this even stronger. (Chivalric Alliance, Kindred Discovery, Roaming Throne) - Discard and draw payoffs: Looting and drawing are converted into growth, mana and life loss. Knights gain counters for every card drawn, discards generate value, and extra draws get doubled. (Vodalian Wave-Knight, Monument to Endurance, Teferi's Ageless Insight) - Knight reanimation: The discard outlet doubles as a self-mill plan. Knights put in the graveyard return through Sidar Jabari's combat damage, recursion spells, castable-from-graveyard effects and mass returns, cheating out big bodies early. (Buried Alive, Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, Knights' Charge) - Go-wide Knight tokens: Sagas, adventures and attack triggers create a stream of Knight and other tokens, and token doubling multiplies them. Entering creatures also drain opponents. (History of Benalia, Summon: Knights of Round, Mondrak, Glory Dominus) - Tribal anthems and combat multipliers: Lords, counters and changelings make every Knight bigger, indestructible or double-striking, so modest bodies become lethal. (Knight Exemplar, Kinsbaile Cavalier, Virtue of Loyalty) - Evasion and finishers: Flying, horsemanship and unblockability get damage through, and incremental drain and lifegain close the last points. (Moonshaker Cavalry, Herald of Hoofbeats, Exsanguinator Cavalry)

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir decklist

  • Exsanguinator Cavalry
  • Metallic Mimic
  • Virtue of Loyalty
  • Vodalian Wave-Knight
  • Knights' Charge
  • Roaming Throne
  • Conjurer's Mantle
  • Patchwork Banner
  • Battle Angels of Tyr
  • Changeling Outcast
  • Forsworn Paladin
  • Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • Skyhunter Strike Force
  • Sink into Stupor
  • Cecil, Dark Knight
  • Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • Moonshaker Cavalry
  • Warren Warleader
  • Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • Chivalric Alliance
  • Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • Animate Dead
  • Black Market Connections
  • Gleaming Splendor
  • Kindred Discovery
  • Smitten Swordmaster
  • Herald of Hoofbeats
  • Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
  • Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • Arcane Denial
  • Reprieve
  • Agna Qel'a
  • Bleachbone Verge
  • Brightclimb Pathway
  • Caves of Koilos
  • Clearwater Pathway
  • Command Tower
  • Deserted Beach
  • Fetid Heath
  • Godless Shrine
  • Hallowed Fountain
  • Hengegate Pathway
  • 2× Island
  • Morphic Pool
  • Mystic Gate
  • 5× Plains
  • Raffine's Tower
  • Reliquary Tower
  • Sea of Clouds
  • Secret Tunnel
  • Shadowy Backstreet
  • Shattered Sanctum
  • Silent Clearing
  • Spymaster's Vault
  • 2× Swamp
  • Three Tree City
  • Underground River
  • Vault of Champions
  • Watery Grave
  • Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • Corpse Knight
  • Frantic Search
  • Monument to Endurance
  • Cavalier of Dawn
  • Cavalier of Night
  • Summon: Primal Odin
  • Change of Plans
  • Dawn's Truce
  • Knight Exemplar
  • Lightning Greaves
  • Sejiri Shelter
  • Arcane Signet
  • Bender's Waterskin
  • Herald's Horn
  • Knight of the White Orchid
  • Sol Ring
  • Talisman of Dominance
  • Agadeem's Awakening
  • Swords to Plowshares
  • Kindred Judgment
  • Reanimate
  • Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • Basri's Lieutenant
  • Elenda and Azor
  • Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • History of Benalia
  • Invasion of New Phyrexia
  • Summon: Knights of Round
  • Beseech the Mirror
  • Buried Alive
  • Final Showdown
  • Anguished Unmaking
  • Kindred Dominance
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