Live Play Data

Arcane Signet

· Artifact · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

74%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

28405

Decks Running

14669

Median Cast Turn

3.0

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Arcane Signet appears in 74% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. When drawn, 80% of copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 3.0.

Arcane Signet is one of the most-included mana rocks across every Commander pod tracked on Playgroup Live. 74% of the 19725 distinct decks in the dataset bring it to game, and it has been cast 5675 times across 10948 tracked games.

The draw-to-play rate tells the clearest story: 80% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends. That figure is inflated slightly by late-game draws where the game simply ends before the player can tap their mana, but the overall signal is strong. Median first cast lands on turn 3.0, consistent with a 2-mana rock that players prioritize early. Battlefield stickiness sits at 82%, meaning that once Arcane Signet resolves, it almost always stays in play through the end of the game.

The card's colorless color identity makes it a universal fit. Any commander with at least two colors in their identity converts Arcane Signet into on-color fixing, which explains why the top-commander list spans every conceivable color combination. The data across 4785 unique players, with a single-player concentration of just 1%, is about as broadly sourced as Commander data gets.

At a glance

74% of tracked Commander decks include Arcane Signet
80% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T3.0 median first-cast turn
82% battlefield stickiness once cast
41% of first casts land exactly on curve at turn 2
4785 unique players in the dataset, a well-spread sample

First-cast turn

n=5676

13%

28%

10%

25%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 28

On curve 41% (1590 / 5676 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 52%

The "good card" funnel

28443 brought · 4785 players

Brought to game

28443

Ever drawn

7133

Reached battlefield

5675

Still on board at game end

4649

80%

Of 28443 Arcane Signets brought to tracked games, 7133 were drawn, 5675 of those were cast, and the vast majority stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +3.8pp

Players who cast this card win 28% of the time (n=5309) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=18138).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=1301) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +5.0pp; 95% confidence interval +3.8pp to +6.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

7922 instances

2.9%

Library

58.7%

Battlefield

19.3%

Graveyard

5.1%

Exile

Most copies that were brought to a game but never drawn finish the game sitting in the library, a structural reality of 100-card singleton rather than evidence that Arcane Signet underperforms once it hits the battlefield.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 202 decks
2 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 152 decks
3 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 148 decks
4 Ms. Bumbleflower 133 decks
5 Captain America, Team Leader 132 decks
6 Sauron, the Dark Lord 111 decks
7 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 108 decks
8 The Ur-Dragon 104 decks
9 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 98 decks
10 Ashling, the Limitless 97 decks

The top-commander list spans Esper, Grixis, Naya, Jeskai, five-color, and even mono-red builds, a direct reflection of Arcane Signet's colorless identity making it a fit for any multicolor deck.

Card text

Arcane Signet

Artifact

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Jason Smith

Frequently Asked

How often is Arcane Signet drawn in a Commander game?

Across 10948 tracked games where Arcane Signet was in the deck, the draw rate is 25%. That is in line with expectations for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 7133 instances that reached a player's hand, 80% were cast before the game ended. Some uncast copies reflect games that simply ended before the player had an opportunity to tap out for a mana rock.

What turn does Arcane Signet usually get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 3.0. The distribution clusters heavily at turns 1 and 2, driven by players who drew it in their opening hand or early draws and slammed it immediately. 52% of drawn-and-cast copies are cast on the same turn they are drawn, confirming that players treat it as a high-priority play. The distribution has a long tail stretching to turn 28, but those late casts are rare outliers.

Does casting Arcane Signet actually improve your win rate?

Participations where Arcane Signet was cast show a 28% normalized win rate, versus 23% in participations where it stayed in the library the whole game. That is a +5.0 percentage-point lift across a large sample. Both buckets are well-populated, so this is a consistent directional signal rather than a small-sample artifact, though the lift in part reflects that stronger decks are more likely to include and cast the card.

Why is Arcane Signet so popular in Commander specifically?

Arcane Signet costs only 2 mana and taps for any color in its commander's color identity with no restriction. Unlike Fellwar Stone, it is always on-color for your deck. Unlike most dual-colored rocks, it scales to any number of colors. In a 40-life, 100-card singleton format where games often extend many turns, consistent early mana fixing compounds turn over turn. That structural advantage drives the 74% inclusion rate we see in the Playgroup Live dataset.

Is Arcane Signet legal in all formats?

Arcane Signet is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Penny Dreadful, or Old School. It has no format bans. Its design is intentionally Commander-centric, which is why it appears almost nowhere in competitive 60-card format lists despite being legal there.

How concentrated is the Arcane Signet data among individual players?

The multiplayer dataset covers 4785 unique players, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 1% of all tracked instances. That is an exceptionally well-distributed sample. You can read the included percentages with reasonable confidence that they reflect broad community behavior rather than the habits of a small handful of dedicated players.