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Shuri, the Black Panther
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Hero · {G}{W} · Green/White commander
Lifelink
Whenever Shuri attacks, draw a card if you control three or more artifacts. Then if you control six or more artifacts, creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
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What Shuri, the Black Panther actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Shuri attacks, draw a card if you control three or more artifacts. Then if you control six or more artifacts, creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
What a Shuri, the Black Panther deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts (its text counts them)
- a wide board of creatures and tokens for the team pump
- haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)
The Shuri, the Black Panther deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Shuri, the Black Panther
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu2 mana
- Ellywick Tumblestrum4 mana
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Jasmine Boreal of the Seven3 mana
- Bellowing Tanglewurm5 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Eladamri's Call2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana