Chieftain en-Dal is the kind of card you find late at night browsing scryfall and then put into your deck wondering “why isn’t everybody playing this?”

@SoyoyoS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment man!

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

There is one aspect to Chieftain en-Dal that is important to note and where it differs from the Kinsbaile Cavalier (aside from budget); Once you attack, everything has first strike, whereas if your opponent(s) have removal, they only need to remove the Cavalier after you have declared attacks to rob you of double strike and potentially exposing many of your creatures, so you always have to act as if that is a very real threat.

One card that absolutely does wonders in this deck is Sevinne’s reclamation. It can both be loot fodder for sidar, and also get back small creatures, lands, or mana rocks we discard away! Highly recommend

Holy shit that Crib Swap+Haakon synergy just blew my mind. I actually have both cards in my version of the deck but didn't think of how that works, it's genius.

@kirkwright8954

Жыл бұрын

Nameless Inversion gives you a similar synergy, that’s another one you might want to consider.

@vectorstrike

Жыл бұрын

I didn't get it. How does it work? (I'm a new player)

@kirkwright8954

Жыл бұрын

@@vectorstrike crib swap is a tribal instant that has changeling, making it every creature type, and that includes knights. If you have Haakon on the battlefield, you can play knight cards from your graveyard. So you play crib swap to destroy a creature, and it goes to the graveyard. You can play it again from there and it just keeps going back to the graveyard. So you can play it as many times as you can afford.

@vectorstrike

Жыл бұрын

@@kirkwright8954 lol, it transforms a pistol into a chaingun - nice!!

@uglyboi4841

8 ай бұрын

You can use Sidar to resurrect it as well

So, BC of just how powerful the Eminence trigger is in filtering through your cards, using some evasive 1 Mana knights is a really good way to filter to your engine. Forsworn Paladin, Changeling outcast, and Foulmire Knight are both 1 black evasive knights that get you swinging by turn 2. As well, any card that says either Draw a card when your draw a card or says Draw on attack is absolutely amazing as it turns your looting into a plus 1 that filters the best card from your hand to the grave.

I added "Odric, Lunarch Marshal" to the team. Not a Knight, but thanks to the keyword soup ability everyone gets flying and first strike each combat when Sidar is out. "Spirit Mantle" and "Unquestioned Authority" are 2 nice Aura enchantments that grant protection from creatures: Math is for blocke-...oh no... you can't ^^

@mfsoab

Жыл бұрын

@@Shimatzu95 Indeed, but in my current test list I am already a little low on creatures and 2 others are also non knight, so I left the second Odric out for now. I added a Thraben Watcher and og Elesh Norn for vigilance and their anthem effects instead.

@mfsoab

Жыл бұрын

@@Shimatzu95 I see your point and am also not a big fan of almost all preators, but it depends on how and when they are used. I see and use Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite almost exclusively as a wincon: pseudo-wipe opponents board, charge! Similar to casting an overrun effect in green. Not much warping going on after that normally ^^

Council of four will always put in work highly underrated. If anyone bought the kamiz precon, she is good as well as currency converter, and also the black market connections.

I can't stress this enough, when I realized The Council of Four says "a player" and not "another player," my mind was blown. You can get both triggers yourself by drawing a card and double spelling on your turn, even the turn you play it.

@heybaeuwb8888

Жыл бұрын

That was the first upgrade card I put in when I got this deck

one of the beneits of Kinsbaile Cavalier and Kwende, Pride of Femeref is that if you attack with your commander without double strike and they're in your grave, you can reanimate them as a bonus because they're reanimated in the first strike step and then grant double strike for the regular damage step, Silverblade Paladin is another knight that grants this benefit and is about .6$ ATM

Don't forget, the Council of Four triggers off yourself so it also makes your Eminence draw double! Excellent call including it!

@NateFinch

Жыл бұрын

I have this in my deck and it is definitely awesome when it's out. Between this and Chivalric Alliance and the knight that gives you the monarch, I've had games where I'm drawing 4 cards a turn. It synergizes so well with the deck. I just wish it was a knight so I could get it back when it inevitably dies.

I added some blue counters to save my board like negate and spell pierce as well as bident of thassa, which triggers card draw on every creature attack. I go wide with tokens and the lords/anthems make them tall. The blue spells round out the lack of blue and you can save your precious army! I love this deck :D

Since you're suggesting kwende in the budget version and you mentioned Wonder. I think a cool add is Valor as well giving the team permanent first strike, and with kwende turning that into double strike

@frozenphyro2302

Жыл бұрын

And just like Wonder, can be sent right to the Graveyard in this deck.

@djentile7773

Жыл бұрын

And Glory can give all your knights protection from whatever color you choose for 3 mana.

Instead of Chief en-Dal for the budget section, I would recommend Wonder’s less recognizable younger sibling Valor, which does the same effect but for first strike. Valor over the Chief also makes it so your opponents are going to have an awful time attacking into you. Kill power also goes up if you’re running Kwende, that combination can be deadly.

@johncarey1634

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking this too! Valor gets binus points for being on theme for a knight deck

Yesterday: "Maybe I wanna' rework this Sidar Jabari pre-con... I dunno... I'll bet Joey will upload something tomorrow on it." Today: *gets notification, does splits on floor, tears groin muscle*

I am definitely going to build this Knight deck. It looks awesome. Thank you for the video.

No clue why buried alive isnt in the average list. Not only does it set up the graveyard, it does so while getting hakkon in the yard

@morrius0757

Жыл бұрын

I think he was trying to hold back on the graveyard synergy, trying to be less biased, but this is one deck that really wants the graveyard full of knights. lol

@DracoX-hz3tu

Жыл бұрын

@@morrius0757 I was referring to the average list, AKA before Joey adjusts it. Don't get why more people don't have it in their decks not like it's mega expensive either

@simonblanchard2676

6 ай бұрын

you can also put wonder and glory in the graveyard

As some people in the comments have already said, if you put Kwende in the deck also look into adding Valor, Glory and/or Archtype of courage to give your team first strike to become double strike

Bless you for this video! Just what I was looking for

i love your deck building, i already completed the sefris deck and now this, and its really working on my games, thanks so much.

I'd say to grab Entomb and/or Buried Alive to tutor for whatever knight you need. Heck, you can entomb in response to Sidar's resurrection and put exactly the bomb you want to apply to the rest of your knights before they even deal damage.

@project_hollow6627

Жыл бұрын

Both cards are $6 unfortunately.

cannot wait to upgrade this deck. was thinking of a warrior deck but this knight deck is close enough and seems super fun. thanks for the video

Oh wow, I was just looking into building a Sidar deck and was sad there was no Upping the Average out on it yet XD Guess it's my lucky day!

FINALLY! Been waiting for this

This deck delevers in each game i play. I aleays have a role as the vilian until i win or is beated down the dirt. I love it!

I threw in Knighthood into my deck. Got that nice synergy with Kwende and the name just fits perfectly

So I have played around 9 matches with this card in my deck and it has been ridiculous. The new Heliod, the radiant dawn, primarily for his flip side Heliod the warped eclipse. I have gotten so many creatures out for practically free during opponents turns it's ridiculous and my card draw was insane, plus everything having haste is just great

Basri’s Lieutenant is my recommendation for the deck. A vigilant, semi-evasive creature that can generate you token knights feels pretty solid

I might add that entomb as a tutor feels pretty good in this deck

@morrius0757

Жыл бұрын

All graveyard tutors are insane in the deck, Buried Alive is broken to all hell in this deck, cast it, fetch 3 knights, one that give the Commander double strike. Commander brings back the double strike card, then next turn, resurrect the other two.

Also with moorland rescuer you get to use something like necromancy to pull it out of the graveyard at instant speed and still get the trigger without exiling the rescuer and it gets nuts when you start doing it a lot.

I was hoping to see entomb in the honorable mentions. Basicaly a tutor for any knight to put in the graveyard just before sidar deals damage... let's say you entomb a knight that can give sidar double strike, he comes back, allows sidar to hit a second time, revive a second creature, and all of that for only 1 black mana at instant speed.

These video's are amazing!

If you're trying Crib Swap alongside Haakon, I'd recommend Nameless Inversion, as a way to mess with combat, and a cheap cast-from-the-yard knight for triggers.

Looking forward to more support from Wilds of Eldraine.

@ajbaker532

Жыл бұрын

I was on the fence about getting the deck then I realized between eldraine and ixalan there will probably be a good amount of knight support over the next year! Super hyped

Can you make a Upping the Average about Bel'akor as Demon Tribe? That would be Awesome :>

Councle of four puts in so much work

I have a challenge the stats recommendation that discovered when researching the other precon commander. Energy Tap is a {U} sorcery that says "Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add an amount of {C} equal to that creature’s mana value." This card is in a total of 3 Zaxara decks, and only 1 Lucea Kane Deck, which seems insanely low for decks that want to hit huge X spell drops

I like Steel of the Godhead. I’m not often a fan of Aura’s because my opponent can potentially use one removal spell to remove 2 of my spells, but +2/+2 lifelink and unblockable for Sidar can be so effective.

Unsettled Mariner provides a mini ward for you and your team. Cloning Knight Exemplar via Glasspool Mimic or some other clone effect makes your team very hard to remove.

I've been working on a Nazgul deck with the Jabari precon base and its been very fun. Lean in more to the reanimation with living death, storm of souls, sevinne's reclamation, etc and have a free recuring loot fodder in ringwraiths. Not budget friendly though, the 9 nazgul and an ozolith will run you 150-200.

Sidar is a Jamuraan title most closely like a general in our world. Calling him that like a first name is odd sounding, but understandable since that lore is SUPER old.

Kwende and Marshal of Zhalfir were both immediate adds to me. I also added in some counterspell cards. I mean it's blue and no counters? Not enough to constantly have, but one or two means I may be able to stop a board wipe or powerful creature hitting the field. I do want that battle, though. And you've given me some other cards to consider. Though I'm also trying to improve the other four new commanders. Actually, have it so that Tinker Time can make around 15 different named artifact tokens without having to make copies of other cards. Out of the box it could only make nine or so at most.

I feel like nobody is talking about either of the knights with flash from the Warhammer 40k Imperium deck.

@localcrow

Жыл бұрын

Sister of Silence is an instant speed Counter Spell/Knight that can also shut down activated or triggered abilities. Slept on for sure.

Ha, I literally started building this yesterday, ordered cards today, and NOW this comes out?!?!? Murphy's Law wins again!!!

Love casting Crib Swap from my graveyard with Hakkon.

i know you guys dont like tutors and searching the deck, But I added Buried Alive and Entomb to specifically get Hakon in the graveyard but now I need to consider Wonder to get more benefit running those cards. Also added Breathless Knight where it gets a +1/+1 counter whenever a creature enters the battlefield from the graveyard under your control. Casting stuff from graveyard or reanimating or stealing from your opponents graveyard for funny scenarios. I figured Joey would have some interest in this deck where is promotes a Graveyard strategy and he already made an Azorius reanimator deck.

Man i looked at my copy of kwende and completely overlooked the synergy with the commander lol. Also because of cards like vodalian wave knight and elenda/azor, id rather have an actual draw spell over the budget inclusion you went with, which adds cards to your hand but doesnt draw them. Lastly, dakmor lancer is a neat desperation option since it's a knight that can be reanimated and destroys a non black creature on etb.

I was wondering if Basri's Lieutenant would be a great addition for the deck, but the creatures here interact more with anthems rather than +1/+1 counters, a shame since it's a great token generator and of course a knight.

Good pun Joey, I can hear Matt cackling from here

Whenever I see a tridal deck, My first instinct is to look at the Changelings the deck has available. In this case, you have access to all 3 1 mana changelings, which Sidar which absolutely love to see as they get the looting going right away. Nameless Inversion is similar to crib swap in that Haakon can abuse it from the graveyard. Littjara Kinseekers is almost always going to provide card advantage, and Irregular Cohort is two knights for the price of one. And of course, Mirror Entity is a monster. I'm not saying that everyone of these cards should be in the deck, as there are more potent options, but I would definitely put them all into my initial maybeboard that I widdle down to the first draft of the deck.

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

Did you mean Reflections of Littjara rather than Littjara Kinseekers ?

@willlindell8904

Жыл бұрын

@@Dragon_Fyre no I meant the kinseekers, as they'll almost always provide a card draw when they enter the battlefield, though now that you mention, Reflections is really good too

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

@@willlindell8904 Card draw from what ? You just scry when it comes into play.

@willlindell8904

Жыл бұрын

@@Dragon_Fyre huh? Could've sworn it was draw a card. Was definitely wrong. Thanks for the correction

I made the same 2 additions that Teferi magic made!

Add strionic resonator to copy his triggered ability add some self mil for maximum knight options in your graveyard

I put glory instead of wonder giving my commander protection from a color for 3 mana basically every turn, seemed way better for evasion and keeping him around longer

Hello, Thank you for the video. I'm considering adding Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Breathless Knight as creatures, and True Conviction as enchantement...what do you think?

@ajbaker532

Жыл бұрын

I’m running breathless knight and it gets pretty big, considering the average list I don’t think there’s enough aristocrat support to really take advantage of Elenada. Plus her tokens are not knights

@Ger0nimo76

Жыл бұрын

@@ajbaker532 Thank you 😊

So when Jbar deals combat damage during attack phase, since he attacks with first strike, if he hits he's able to return target knight before the second combat phase where all the other creatures are attacking? ( ideally then providing buffs/ ETB tiggers to my remaining attackers) Im new to magic and have been returning them to the battlefield on my second main phase. Thanks for the help

What happened to the combos section on a commanders page? @EDHRECast

Imma simp for signets rn. You can have 3 swamps and an azorious signet and STILL cast your commander on curve. Meanwhile a talisman will leave you high and dry in a 3 color deck.

I like chieftain en-dal for the knight synergies and giving everyone first strike. I also like Valor to give the team first strike, especially if you're looting so often. Maybe also Filth but if you've already got Wonder then it's just redundant

@OneoftheVoice

Жыл бұрын

I like this kind of redundancy, same end point but different path. Black is one of if not the most played color

@ginov.7039

Жыл бұрын

I think Glory is better than Valor or Filth,but no one mentions it. Instant speed protection!

@oscarsandoval9075

Жыл бұрын

@@ginov.7039 I think Glory is good and can serve a different function, like instant speed protection. It also costs 3 mana to activate while the others don't ask for a mana requirement to function

Fact or Fiction + Hostile Negotiations are amazing card advantage and graveyard synergy spells

I sniped a kinsbaile Cavalier for $17 when they were all going for $36+ on TCG. Best feeling

@uglyboi4841

8 ай бұрын

It was 6$ before this commander reveal I cheaped out when building Syr Gwyn should’ve bought it

Still hoping for a video on Hamza, Guardian of Arashin someday. That 28 Land count on the average data set on EDHREC is wild to see.

@Russian_engineer_bmstu

Жыл бұрын

Ye too much lands

@notgonnasay09

Жыл бұрын

@@Russian_engineer_bmstu Yeah, in my experience with the deck so far, it is...an ambitious number, if we are being charitable.

@mfsoab

Жыл бұрын

28??? Not even I am that greedy... my Hamza deck runs 34 and does fine... could probably go down 1 but not that much more

@notgonnasay09

Жыл бұрын

@@mfsoab Yeah, mine usually runs 35 to be safe, but I could probably push it to 34 with some confidence.

@mfsoab

Жыл бұрын

@@notgonnasay09 I run a (gold border) Gaeas Cradle and also Growing Rites of Itlimoc as a backup for it. Makes the mana situation a bit more relaxed ^^ Especially when the counter cards just won't come but the big creatures do

Can you do the new etali?

Any other cards to make this better? I'm kinda not looking for a budget/cost effective tribal deck.

I added Reparations to my version of the deck because I thought it was pretty flavorful, but as it turns out, this deck builds quite the board state that other players like to target so it turned into some ridiculous card draw.

Dumb question, does the ability mean I draw two cards if two knights attack or only one since it says one or more?

@studsmack

Жыл бұрын

Just one.

Council of Four 💜

I got rid of circle of loyalty and didn’t regret it

I see you didn't touch Read the Bones, there's a strictly better version for the same mana for this deck called Notion Rain, instead of scrying, it surveils, filling your graveyard of a potential knight or two to be reanimated.

What about all 9 Nazgûl?

Way ahead of you with the Council, Wonder, Kwende, and the Battle all in there 😊 but sad how expensive the few Knights have gotten 😔 With all the looting, Ive had too many lands in my hand by the time the game ends and I start discarding them honestly, the looting is so good in this deck 😂

@Utenlok

Жыл бұрын

I seem to always have too many lands, but i know as soon as i drop just one land i will find myself without enough basically every time.

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

Invasion of New Phyrexia has obvious synergy with Knights but also check out Invasion of New Capenna.

@dominickdavila1836

Жыл бұрын

@@Dragon_Fyre thats with the Frazzle Cannon right? Ive been strongly considering it

You should make Slimefoot and Squee! ❤

Inalla Upping the Average sometime pls 🙏

Isnt the blue black liege also a knight?

@morrius0757

Жыл бұрын

Sadly no

@morrius0757

Жыл бұрын

@@iAmNotTheMole-dc2hh Yeah, I got them confused up there lol

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

It is a Faerie Knight.

9 Nazgul ❤ ❤❤

I would really like to see TIVIT seller of Secrets upping the average, or GREASEFANG okiba boss :)

0:23 Ah. AAAH. AAAAAAAH!!! 😤😤 I love those but... AAAAH

Changeling out cast, any cheap changeling really

Cutting order of midnight seems so wild to me. It’s a cheap knight that can provides some card advantage and makes use of the eminence ability. I’d play 4 in sidar if I could.

I'm sorry but I have to point it out whenever I notice it: Sidar is not a name. Sidar is a title. Sidar Jabari is not his first and last name.

what the hell is schalfir

Are we not gonna talk about how he hit us with a dad joke out of left field?

since when first strike deals combat damage to a player before any other creature???

@EDHRECast

Жыл бұрын

That's... that's literally the definition of first strike. Creatures with first strike deal combat damage before creatures without first strike.

@mastyz2394

Жыл бұрын

Litterally always, what did you think it did?

@Panquernic

Жыл бұрын

i’m absolutely curious about what you thought it dis

Archtype of Courage: not a knight but gives all your knights first strike while taking away your opponents first strike. add that with kwende

i think the removal of aethersworn adjudicator isn't a good idea. it might not be able to blow up anything right when it hits the field, but it is a 4/4 flier, which buys you so much more time, another member of my playgroup has been playing sidar and adjudicator cheated out before turn 5 is VERY scary.

Wonder was mentioned. Valor was not?

@ginov.7039

Жыл бұрын

Glory! Nobody ever mentions Glory! Instant speed protection the whole team!

My recommendation is to watch the movie A Kight’s Tale

One thing that's important to remember, perhaps THE most important thing to remember, is that Jibari is the cards name, and Sidar is a title. Just like Sidar Kondo. Now that you know, and are reassured that you've essentially been calling Syr Konrad "Syr" for an extended period of time, rest additionally assured that all of your opponents will GREATLY appreciate your constantly reminding them of your insistent terminology every time they make that same simple mistake. Enriched experiences all around!

@Dragon_Fyre

Жыл бұрын

It would be common practice to refer to someone in the military by their rank not their name unless preceded by their rank. The exception would be when speaking to someone of a lower rank than your own.

Seems a bit early to be doing this one. Half those decks are probably slightly modified precons or theory crafting.

Upping the Average on new commanders seems like it's not too useful since the data is still fresh and volatile. It's a recipe for a quickly dated video.

Why does no one mention Glory? Imo as good as Wonder if not better. Better than Valor or Filth.