Black Panther, Wakandan King
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
2
Special Set
Universes Beyond
Popularity
#1,566
of 3,381 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Hero
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.
2/2
Playstyle
Midrange · Steady · Minimal interaction · Wins by engines
- Aggression
- 3 of 5
- Speed
- 2 of 5
- Interaction
- 1 of 5
- Combat
- 3 of 5
- Engine
- 4 of 5
- Complexity
- 4 of 5
Card Price
Strategy Guides
+1/+1 Counters Strategy Guide
+1/+1 counter decks are for players who want small creature upgrades to become permanent pressure across the board. This strategy wants to grow creatures over several turns, using +1/+1 counter commanders, counter doublers, and counter payoffs, to win through combat damage from creatures that keep getting larger. Unlike Tokens, Counters grows creatures over time instead of making many bodies, and unlike Voltron it spreads power beyond one attacker; unlike Proliferate, it focuses on +1/+1 growth rather than every counter type, while Infect is a separate poison plan. Counters matter decks reward pilots who sequence early creatures, multipliers, and protection so each trigger converts into lasting board presence.
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Tokens Strategy Guide
Token decks are for players who want one card to become many bodies and then decide whether those bodies attack, block, draw cards, or fuel another engine. This strategy wants to flood the battlefield with creatures, using token commanders, repeatable generators, and anthem effects, to win through a go wide attack or by converting the swarm into damage, drain, or mana. Tokens is different from Aristocrats because making bodies comes first, from Counters because it grows wide instead of tall, and from Voltron because it spreads pressure across many creatures. The best token decks EDH players build reward patience against sweepers and careful timing on the finishing turn.
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Lifegain Strategy Guide
Lifegain decks are for players who want each point of life to become a resource, not just a larger cushion against attacks. This strategy wants to gain life in steady repeatable triggers, using lifegain commanders, Soul Warden effects, and payoff cards, to win through life drain, oversized creatures, or a charged Aetherflux Reservoir. Unlike Group Hug, it keeps the resources for itself, and unlike Aristocrats it is driven by life gained rather than death triggers. The best lifegain decks EDH players build feel patient early, then convert a safe life total into pressure.
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Landfall Strategy Guide
Landfall decks are for players who want every land drop to become a trigger, not just another mana source. This strategy wants to put lands onto the battlefield repeatedly, using fetch lands, extra land drops, land recursion, and landfall commanders, to win through tokens, counters, damage, cards, or other lands matter decks EDH payoffs. In the Ramp, Landfall, and Big Mana cluster, Ramp accelerates mana, Big Mana spends that mana on huge spells, and Landfall treats the land entering as the engine itself. The deck feels like turning the most reliable game action into a chain of visible rewards.
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