Wakanda Forever Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

I’m really into Wakanda Forever. While it’s kind of supporting disparate themes with artifacts on one side and the monarch on another, there’s just enough flavorful and functional overlap to make it work. And from an aesthetics standpoint, it’s definitely the most cohesive of the precons. It’s the only one that really focuses on one plane/nation (Wakanda), whereas the others feel like a jumbled who’s who of Marvel characters from all over the place. I dunno, it’s just kind of nice to look at.

The card quality is great, too. Not just the reprints, which are solid, but the new cards as well. Plenty to like between new monarch tools, a ton of flashy equipment and vehicles, and new commander- and legendary-matters cards. This gets a double thumbs up from me by virtue of being something entirely new for a Selesnya precon.

Wakanda Forever is unique as Magic’s very first Selesnya artifact precon. There are artifact decks aplenty in precon history, but never before in this color pair. You’ve got T'Challa, the Black Panther leading the Wakandans. This card creates Vibranium tokens to ramp into expensive artifacts, then rewards you with stats when you cast them.

There are several other alternate commanders you can run, too. The intended secondary commander seems to be Shuri, the Black Panther, which covers card draw and pumps your board as you accumulate more artifacts. I really like that these precons split the card advantage and mana advantages across different commanders instead of giving you one clear commander that does everything.

Other Selesnya legends include Storm, Queen of Wakanda, T'Chaka, Venerable King, Bast, Panther Goddess, and Okoye, Mighty and Adored (great name). Okoye and T’Chaka play around with the monarch a bit, but these legends are largely off-theme and mostly exist for Black Panther worldbuilding. I’m still on T’Challa as the king of the precon.

As far as strategy goes, Wakanda Forever is pulling a lot of themes together. The two major strategies are maintaining the monarch, plus casting artifacts with mana value 4 or greater. There’s a lot of support for both themes, but some cards don’t overlap all that well. You’ve got stuff like Metalwork Colossus and Panther Robot firmly in one camp, while cards like Storm, Queen of Wakanda and Fleecemane Lion are off doing whatever.

We have some conflicting themes going on. Some legendary creatures in this deck care about the number of artifacts or creatures you have, while others give you benefits via the monarch mechanic. Yes, a Black Panther deck focusing on the monarch mechanic is a flavor win, and it’s a powerful mechanic that gives you card draw, but the artifact focus is still central to winning with this deck.

Draftsim's upgrade guide makes 15 changes to this deck. The first picks (hover for the card):

• Swordsman’s Steel
• Thought Vessel
• Terrasymbiosis
• Brightglass Gearhulk
• Verdurous Gearhulk
• Jhoira’s Familiar

• Official Marvel Super Heroes Commander decklists (Wizards of the Coast)
• Big Pick-Ups for Magic’s First-Ever Green-White Artifact Precon by A.L. Walser (June 4, 2026)
• All 5 Selesnya Commander Precons in Magic Ranked by A.L. Walser (June 23, 2026)