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Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Legendary Creature — Human Knight · {1}{W}{U}{B} · Black/Blue/White 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.
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What Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir actually does

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What a Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir deck wants

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Best cards for Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

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Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  2. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  3. Gleaming Overseer3 mana
  4. Galerider Sliver1 mana
  5. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  6. Favorable Winds2 mana
  7. Rogue Class2 mana
  8. Skycat Sovereign2 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir4 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
  2. Puresteel Paladin2 mana
  3. Bartolomé del Presidio2 mana
  4. Corpse Knight2 mana
  5. Legion Lieutenant2 mana
  6. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender2 mana
  7. Adeline, Resplendent Cathar3 mana
  8. Danitha Capashen, Paragon3 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
  2. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  3. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  4. Brain Freeze2 mana
  5. Mindcrank2 mana
  6. Ripples of Undeath2 mana
  7. Codex Shredder1 mana
  8. Hedron Crab1 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Reality Shift2 mana
  4. Pongify1 mana
  5. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  6. Resculpt2 mana
  7. Defile1 mana
  8. Tragic Slip1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Entomb1 mana
  2. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  3. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  4. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  5. Lively Dirge2 mana
  6. Imperial Seal1 mana
  7. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  8. Diabolic Intent2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Mystic Remora1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  5. Curiosity1 mana
  6. Wizard Class1 mana
  7. Black Market Connections3 mana
  8. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana

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