Slash Panther
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Cat
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28095
Slash Panther enters as a 4/2 haste threat for four mana — the catch is that mana must come from Phyrexian sources, meaning you pay life instead of colored mana. It's a narrow card whose entire value lives or dies on whether your deck can exploit that Phyrexian cost structurally.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Slash Panther is a fringe inclusion in artifact-matters or Phyrexian-tribal builds where the colorless Phyrexian mana cost is a feature rather than a footnote — it lets any commander run a haste beater regardless of color identity. In Pauper it sits at common, but a 4/2 haste for four is below the format's power threshold and sees essentially no play. Legacy and Vintage have access to too many stronger options for Slash Panther to compete. The card's practical home is niche Commander decks, and even there it's rarely the right call.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Slash Panther is pure bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because the deck needs it. Don't expect that price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.