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T'Challa, the Black Panther

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Hero1 generic manaGreen manaWhite mana

The mana this card produces comes with a leash: the Vibranium tokens make colorless mana that can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell, which is the mechanical spine of the whole design. That restriction is narrower than it first sounds, since the mana still pays activated abilities, equip costs, and other non-spell costs freely; it is only nonartifact spells it locks out. Rather than a generic Selesnya value creature, this is a self-fueling artifact engine that pays itself off in two directions at once. Every enters-or-attacks trigger widens the artifact-mana base, and each heavy artifact you deploy (mana value 4 or greater) adds a pair of counters, so the very casts the tokens are built to enable are also what turn a modest 2/2 into a genuine threat. The tension the design resolves is that green-white has never had a natural home for big-artifact strategies: white brings the go-wide token instinct, green brings ramp, but neither color casts colorless bombs cheaply on its own. The restricted Vibranium mana threads that needle, giving the deck acceleration that steers itself toward the artifacts that feed the counter engine. It is a closed loop dressed as a commander: attack to ramp, ramp to cast, cast to grow, swing again bigger. The indestructible clause on the tokens is the small mercy that keeps the mana base intact through board wipes, so the engine survives the sweepers a slower artifact deck fears most.

T'Challa, the Black Panther (msc)
MSC · #7mythic
Pricing
Normal: $1.60
Foil: $1.15
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever T'Challa enters or attacks, create a tapped Vibranium token. (It's an artifact with indestructible and "Tap: Add Colorless mana. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.") Whenever you cast an artifact spell with mana value 4 or greater, put two +1/+1 counters on T'Challa.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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