Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir (Commander) - Core Aggro

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Josh Nelson
Jan 16, 2026
Esper Renaissance: A Major Glow-Up in 2025
Two commanders released in 2025 have brought something of an Esper Renaissance to the format, revitalizing the color combination!
Deck Filters
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Bloodline Bidding
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Winnowing
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Secret Tunnel
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Abundant Countryside
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Harmonized Crescendo
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Knight Exemplar
97%inclusion58 decks60 decks
92%synergy
Herald of Hoofbeats
95%inclusion57 decks60 decks
90%synergy
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
93%inclusion56 decks60 decks
89%synergy
Vodalian Wave-Knight
93%inclusion56 decks60 decks
89%synergy
Knights' Charge
92%inclusion55 decks60 decks
87%synergy
Exsanguinator Cavalry
90%inclusion54 decks60 decks
86%synergy
Chivalric Alliance
88%inclusion53 decks60 decks
85%synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
85%inclusion51 decks60 decks
80%synergy
Smitten Swordmaster
82%inclusion49 decks60 decks
78%synergy
Marshal of Zhalfir
80%inclusion48 decks60 decks
76%synergy
Top Cards
Swords to Plowshares
82%inclusion49 decks60 decks
13%synergy
Valiant Knight
80%inclusion48 decks60 decks
76%synergy
Herald's Horn
80%inclusion48 decks60 decks
75%synergy
Corpse Knight
78%inclusion47 decks60 decks
67%synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
78%inclusion47 decks60 decks
71%synergy
Locthwain Lancer
78%inclusion47 decks60 decks
75%synergy
Wintermoor Commander
78%inclusion47 decks60 decks
75%synergy
Murderous Rider
77%inclusion46 decks60 decks
68%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
77%inclusion46 decks60 decks
71%synergy
Silverwing Squadron
73%inclusion44 decks60 decks
70%synergy
Creatures
Acclaimed Contender
70%inclusion42 decks60 decks
67%synergy
Midnight Reaper
68%inclusion41 decks60 decks
62%synergy
Guardian of Faith
67%inclusion40 decks60 decks
63%synergy
Hero of Bladehold
65%inclusion39 decks60 decks
62%synergy
Worthy Knight
63%inclusion38 decks60 decks
61%synergy
Foulmire Knight
60%inclusion36 decks60 decks
58%synergy
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
60%inclusion36 decks60 decks
57%synergy
Elenda and Azor
58%inclusion35 decks60 decks
54%synergy
Kinsbaile Cavalier
58%inclusion35 decks60 decks
55%synergy
Cavalier of Night
53%inclusion32 decks60 decks
51%synergy
Ethersworn Adjudicator
48%inclusion29 decks60 decks
45%synergy
Haytham Kenway
48%inclusion27 decks56 decks
46%synergy
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
46%inclusion17 decks37 decks
44%synergy
Vona, Butcher of Magan
45%inclusion27 decks60 decks
43%synergy
Cavalier of Dawn
40%inclusion24 decks60 decks
38%synergy
Skyhunter Strike Force
40%inclusion24 decks60 decks
38%synergy
Moonshaker Cavalry
40%inclusion24 decks60 decks
36%synergy
Summon: Primal Odin
37%inclusion14 decks38 decks
33%synergy
Summon: Knights of Round
37%inclusion14 decks38 decks
34%synergy
The Council of Four
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
33%synergy
Battle Angels of Tyr
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
34%synergy
Ayara's Oathsworn
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
35%synergy
Wonder
35%inclusion21 decks60 decks
30%synergy
Order of Midnight
33%inclusion20 decks60 decks
32%synergy
Xerex Strobe-Knight
33%inclusion20 decks60 decks
32%synergy
Westfold Rider
32%inclusion19 decks60 decks
30%synergy
Josu Vess, Lich Knight
32%inclusion19 decks60 decks
30%synergy
Changeling Outcast
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
27%synergy
Forsworn Paladin
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
29%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Suppressor Skyguard
27%inclusion16 decks60 decks
25%synergy
Knight of the Ebon Legion
27%inclusion16 decks60 decks
25%synergy
Dauntless Bodyguard
25%inclusion15 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Silverblade Paladin
25%inclusion15 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Breathless Knight
25%inclusion15 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
24%inclusion9 decks38 decks
19%synergy
Knight of Dusk's Shadow
23%inclusion14 decks60 decks
22%synergy
Arvad the Cursed
23%inclusion14 decks60 decks
22%synergy
Werefox Bodyguard
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
21%synergy
Liliana's Standard Bearer
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
19%synergy
White Orchid Phantom
19%inclusion11 decks57 decks
19%synergy
Blacklance Paragon
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
18%synergy
Knights of the Black Rose
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
17%synergy
Kwende, Pride of Femeref
17%inclusion10 decks60 decks
16%synergy
Knights of Dol Amroth
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
15%synergy
Basri's Lieutenant
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
15%synergy
Triumphant Adventurer
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
13%synergy
Thistledown Liege
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
14%synergy
Glen Elendra Liege
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
13%synergy
Shay Cormac
15%inclusion8 decks55 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Path to Exile
73%inclusion44 decks60 decks
31%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
55%inclusion33 decks60 decks
50%synergy
Despark
47%inclusion28 decks60 decks
30%synergy
Void Rend
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Return to Dust
32%inclusion19 decks60 decks
28%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Counterspell
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
-11%synergy
Akroma's Will
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Crib Swap
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
21%synergy
Entomb
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Negate
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
2%synergy
And They Shall Know No Fear
17%inclusion10 decks60 decks
14%synergy
Dovin's Veto
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
-10%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Flawless Maneuver
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Denial
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-9%synergy
Generous Gift
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
-19%synergy
Clever Concealment
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Waterbender's Restoration
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
7.0%inclusion4 decks57 decks
-6%synergy
Frantic Search
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
-11%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
-1%synergy
Galadriel's Dismissal
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Flare of Fortitude
5.3%inclusion3 decks57 decks
3%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
5.3%inclusion3 decks57 decks
4%synergy
Surge of Salvation
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Utter End
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
-2%synergy
Sejiri Shelter
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Fracture
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Mortify
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Distant Melody
48%inclusion29 decks60 decks
43%synergy
Time Wipe
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
21%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Painful Truths
27%inclusion16 decks60 decks
24%synergy
Buried Alive
25%inclusion15 decks60 decks
21%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
20%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
17%synergy
Austere Command
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Raise the Palisade
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
18%synergy
Crippling Fear
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
18%synergy
Supreme Verdict
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
0%synergy
Victimize
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
-1%synergy
Vanquish the Horde
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Mighty
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Kindred Dominance
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Damn
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-9%synergy
Wrath of God
10%inclusion6 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Ascend from Avernus
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Farewell
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
-6%synergy
Feed the Swarm
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Vindicate
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
-4%synergy
Haunting Voyage
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Deep Analysis
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
2%synergy
Living Death
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
0%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Vanquisher's Banner
60%inclusion36 decks60 decks
56%synergy
Conjurer's Mantle
58%inclusion35 decks60 decks
56%synergy
The Circle of Loyalty
45%inclusion27 decks60 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Sigiled Sword of Valeron
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
21%synergy
Monument to Endurance
14%inclusion7 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Incubator
10%inclusion6 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Maul of the Skyclaves
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Bident of Thassa
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
-1%synergy
Door of Destinies
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Banner of Kinship
5.9%inclusion3 decks51 decks
4%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
-3%synergy
Coat of Arms
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Sword of the Animist
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Kindred Discovery
52%inclusion31 decks60 decks
44%synergy
Etchings of the Chosen
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
33%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
35%inclusion21 decks60 decks
26%synergy
Virtue of Loyalty
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
26%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
13%synergy
Cathars' Crusade
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
11%synergy
True Conviction
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
10%synergy
Reconnaissance
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Flowering of the White Tree
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
6%synergy
History of Benalia
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Cover of Darkness
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
7%synergy
Propaganda
8.3%inclusion5 decks60 decks
-19%synergy
Reconnaissance Mission
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Animate Dead
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
-3%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Paladin Class
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
4%synergy
Black Market Connections
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
-9%synergy
Battles
Invasion of New Phyrexia
57%inclusion34 decks60 decks
55%synergy
Invasion of New Capenna
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
65%inclusion39 decks60 decks
38%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
22%synergy
Minas Tirith
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
20%synergy
Rogue's Passage
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion10 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Reliquary Tower
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
-19%synergy
Abandoned Air Temple
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Three Tree City
7.3%inclusion4 decks55 decks
4%synergy
Agna Qel'a
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Mutavault
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
5.3%inclusion3 decks57 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
93%inclusion56 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Sol Ring
88%inclusion53 decks60 decks
-2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
62%inclusion37 decks60 decks
28%synergy
Orzhov Signet
43%inclusion26 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
33%inclusion20 decks60 decks
-10%synergy
Patchwork Banner
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
27%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
16%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion16 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
23%inclusion14 decks60 decks
-26%synergy
Talisman of Progress
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
-22%synergy
Azorius Signet
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
-12%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
10%inclusion6 decks60 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Signet
10%inclusion6 decks60 decks
-22%synergy
Pillar of Origins
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion60 decks60 decks
7%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion60 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Island
100%inclusion60 decks60 decks
7%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion60 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
88%inclusion53 decks60 decks
61%synergy
Arcane Sanctum
85%inclusion51 decks60 decks
31%synergy
Exotic Orchard
82%inclusion49 decks60 decks
23%synergy
Prairie Stream
75%inclusion45 decks60 decks
34%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion41 decks60 decks
29%synergy
Port Town
63%inclusion38 decks60 decks
46%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
63%inclusion38 decks60 decks
53%synergy
Choked Estuary
57%inclusion34 decks60 decks
40%synergy
Caves of Koilos
53%inclusion32 decks60 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Silence
53%inclusion32 decks60 decks
34%synergy
Temple of Enlightenment
50%inclusion30 decks60 decks
33%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
48%inclusion29 decks60 decks
45%synergy
Temple of Deceit
43%inclusion26 decks60 decks
25%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion26 decks60 decks
18%synergy
Isolated Chapel
42%inclusion25 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
40%inclusion24 decks60 decks
37%synergy
Glacial Fortress
38%inclusion23 decks60 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
37%inclusion22 decks60 decks
20%synergy
Myriad Landscape
35%inclusion21 decks60 decks
26%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
32%inclusion19 decks60 decks
-4%synergy
Adarkar Wastes
30%inclusion18 decks60 decks
-1%synergy
Raffine's Tower
28%inclusion17 decks60 decks
-13%synergy
Godless Shrine
27%inclusion16 decks60 decks
-24%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
-11%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Vault of Champions
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
-11%synergy
Deserted Beach
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
-28%synergy
Contaminated Landscape
21%inclusion12 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Thriving Heath
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
16%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
20%inclusion12 decks60 decks
-29%synergy
Sea of Clouds
18%inclusion11 decks60 decks
-17%synergy
Morphic Pool
17%inclusion10 decks60 decks
-18%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Thriving Isle
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Thriving Moor
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
11%synergy
Cavern of Souls
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Marsh Flats
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
-23%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-1%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Heath
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
0%synergy
Tainted Field
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
5%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-3%synergy
Skycloud Expanse
12%inclusion7 decks60 decks
-3%synergy