You know what they say about big hands? by Schwiftyaf

Format: Commander

Commander: King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck executes an Azorius forced-draw strategy led by King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring. By deploying symmetric draw permanents such as Howling Mine, Kami of the Crescent Moon, and Font of Mythos, it forces every opponent to draw at least two cards on their turn. This triggers King T'Challa repeatedly, drawing the pilot 4 or more cards per table rotation. The deck converts this massive card advantage into asymmetric control using Rule of Law and Arcane Laboratory, preventing opponents from casting the extra cards they receive. It closes out the game through hand-size and draw punishers like Psychosis Crawler, Iron Maiden, Viseling, and Scrawling Crawler, or by rapidly digging into Approach of the Second Sun. An efficient suite of low-cost counterspells and spot removal protects the engine while disrupting opposing strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anvil of Bogardan
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Laboratory
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Empyrial Plate
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Iron Maiden
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Master's Councillors
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Molecule Man
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Oneirophage
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Unexplained Absence
  • 1 Viseling
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Walking Archive
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Words of Wisdom