Art: Brian Stelfreeze · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Black Panther, Wakandan King
WGLegendary Creature — Human Noble Hero · from $3.42
First strike
Survey the Realm — Whenever Black Panther or another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target land you control.
Mine Vibranium — {3}: Move all +1/+1 counters from target land you control onto target creature. If one or more +1/+1 counters are moved this way, you gain that much life and draw a card.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
55 of 100 at $5 or less · 35 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 12 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 13 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 14 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 17 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 18 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 19 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 20 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 21 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 22 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 23 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 24 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 25 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 26 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 27 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 28 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 29 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 30 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 31 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 32 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 33 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 34 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 35 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 36 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 37 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 38 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 39 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 40 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 41 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 42 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 43 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 44 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 45 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 46 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 47 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 48 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 49 | Temple Garden | Land | 0 | $6.57 |
| 50 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 51 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 52 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 53 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 54 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 55 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 56 | Canopy Vista | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 57 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 58 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 59 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 60 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 61 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 62 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 63 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 64 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 65 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 66 | Sunpetal Grove | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 67 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 68 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 69 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 70 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 71 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 72 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 73 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 74 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 75 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 76 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 77 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
| 78 | Austere Command | Sorcery | 6 | $0.33 |
| 79 | Flawless Maneuver | Instant | 3 | $9.24 |
| 80 | Farewell | Sorcery | 6 | $4.44 |
| 81 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 82 | Return of the Wildspeaker | Instant | 5 | $1.51 |
| 83 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 84 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 85 | Hardened Scales | Enchantment | 1 | $1.85 |
| 86 | Tireless Provisioner | Creature | 3 | $2.33 |
| 87 | Akroma's Will | Instant | 4 | $16.21 |
| 88 | Doubling Season | Enchantment | 5 | $29.62 |
| 89 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 90 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 91 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 92 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 93 | Mosswort Bridge | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 94 | Stroke of Midnight | Instant | 3 | $0.20 |
| 95 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 96 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 97 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 98 | Bountiful Promenade | Land | 0 | $5.81 |
| 99 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 100 | Beast Whisperer | Creature | 4 | $4.27 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Black Panther, Wakandan King
The 10 most popular of 13 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Basking Broodscale + Black Panther, Wakandan King
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Black Panther, Wakandan King + Scurry Oak
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Black Panther, Wakandan King + Herd Baloth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar + Black Panther, Wakandan King
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Animation Module + Black Panther, Wakandan King + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animation Module + Black Panther, Wakandan King + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Black Panther, Wakandan King + Crystalline Crawler + Light of Promise + Land that can Animate Itself (Man-Land)
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite colored mana
Black Panther, Wakandan King + Cryptic Trilobite + Sunbond + Land that can Animate Itself (Man-Land)
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
Black Panther, Wakandan King + Sunbond + Workhorse + Land that can Animate Itself (Man-Land)
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana
Black Panther, Wakandan King + Cryptic Trilobite + Light of Promise + Land that can Animate Itself (Man-Land)
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 11th of 33 — cEDH @ Sit&Game 26.09.26 (Circuit-Event for Deutsche Meisterschaft) on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Onno Sanders
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.