Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Mana value4EDHREC#6,986

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The Commander

Eminence — Whenever you attack with one or more Knights, if Sidar Jabari is in the command zone or on the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card.

Flying, first strike

Whenever Sidar Jabari deals combat damage to a player, return target Knight creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Guide

Gameplan

Build a wide, evasive Knights tribal army that grinds value through Sidar's eminence loot trigger every combat, then leverages his combat damage to recur your best Knights from the graveyard. You curve out cheap Knights, swing into the air with Sidar himself (flying, first strike), and snowball board presence while filling the yard for reanimation fuel.

Strengths

Eminence works from the command zone, so you get card filtering every attack even before casting him
Recurring Knights on combat damage turns removal and chump blocks into resource advantage
Esper colors offer the format's best removal, board wipes, and tutors
Loot effect fuels graveyard synergies and smooths draws all game

Weaknesses

Tribal payoff is shallow—if Sidar dies repeatedly the deck loses focus and steam
Loot is a draw-then-discard, not raw card advantage, so it can feel grindy
Vulnerable to board wipes given the go-wide plan
Sidar must connect for the reanimation trigger, which is easy to block or remove

Key Cards

Knight Exemplar — Makes your Knights indestructible and pumps them, protecting the board from wraths and combat.
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge — Lets you recast Knights from the graveyard repeatedly, abusing the loot discards as a resource engine.
Stoneforge Mystic — A Knight that cheats equipment into play to make Sidar a faster, more lethal evasive threat.
Reconnaissance — Lets your Knights attack to trigger eminence then pull back, dodging blockers and damage.
Skullclamp — Turns expendable small Knights and tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.

Upgrade Path

Add efficient tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor) and protection like Swords to Plowshares and counterspells to keep Sidar alive. Lean into Haakon and recursion engines plus Skullclamp for raw card advantage beyond the loot, and improve the mana base with fast lands and Esper duals/fetches. For higher power, pivot toward a tighter aristocrats or reanimator package over pure tribal filler.

Core Cards

From 1 Mythicwyrm deck.

Win Conditions

▸Go wide with Knights and overwhelm with anthems and evasion
▸Voltron Sidar with equipment and commander damage via flying first strike
▸Aristocrats loops sacrificing and recurring Knights for incremental drain
▸Reanimating large threats off combat damage to dominate the board

Archetypes

Knights Tribal Aggro — Sidar's eminence rewards attacking with Knights and his trigger rebuilds your board after combat.
Reanimator — The loot fills the yard and combat damage returns Knights, so big Knight reanimation targets shine.
Aristocrats — Recurring Knights pair with sacrifice outlets and death payoffs for repeatable value loops.
Voltron — Flying first strike plus equipment can make Sidar a fast clock and consistent recursion engine.