Live Play Data

Dimir Signet

· Artifact · Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU)

20%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1074

Decks Running

600

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

74%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Dimir Signet appears in 20% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 74% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Dimir Signet sits in 20% of the 2972 distinct Commander decks that have played a tracked game on Playgroup Live. That figure reflects its role as the default two-mana rock for any deck running Blue and Black, a slot that competes with Arcane Signet and Talisman of Dominance but rarely goes unfilled.

The draw-to-play rate tells the clearer story: 74% of drawn Dimir Signets are cast before the game ends. Median first cast lands on turn 4, though the distribution is wide. The mode is turn 2, meaning players who open with it often slam it immediately. The P25 at turn 2 and P75 at turn 6 confirm that late copies are common, drawn well after the mana-fixing window has passed.

The data is well-spread. 497 distinct players have brought the card to tracked games, and no single contributor accounts for more than a small fraction of observations. That breadth makes the inclusion and cast-turn signals more representative than a tightly-concentrated card would be.

At a glance

20% of tracked Commander decks include Dimir Signet
74% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T4 median first-cast turn, with mode on turn 2
82% battlefield stickiness once the Signet resolves
497 distinct players in the dataset, a well-spread sample

First-cast turn

n=223

26%

13%

10%

11%

22%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 18

On curve 35% (59 / 223 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 54%

The "good card" funnel

1076 brought · 497 players

Brought to game

1076

Ever drawn

303

Reached battlefield

223

Still on board at game end

183

74%

Of 1076 Dimir Signets brought to tracked games, 303 were drawn, 223 of those were cast, and the majority stayed on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ +-0.0pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=213) , vs 20% when it never left the library (n=658).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 36% (n=73) — 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 +6.1pp; 95% confidence interval +-0.0pp to +12.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

348 instances

2.3%

Library

52.6%

Battlefield

21.8%

Graveyard

7.2%

Exile

Most Dimir Signets never leave the library, a structural consequence of 100-card singleton rather than any weakness in the card. Of those that did move, the battlefield was the most common final resting place, reflecting solid stickiness once it resolves.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Captain N'ghathrod 25 decks
2 Sauron, the Dark Lord 22 decks
3 Alela, Cunning Conqueror 19 decks
4 Fire Lord Azula 19 decks
5 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver 19 decks
6 Satoru Umezawa 16 decks
7 Temmet, Naktamun's Will 16 decks
8 Lord of the Nazgûl 14 decks
9 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable 13 decks
10 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima 13 decks

The commander list spans Blue-Black and Grixis shells, with no single commander accounting for an outsized share. Sauron the Dark Lord and Alela Cunning Conqueror lead, but the spread across ten different commanders signals broad utility rather than a niche fit.

Frequently Asked

How often is Dimir Signet drawn in a Commander game?

Across 1002 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Dimir Signet was in the deck, it was drawn 28% of the time. That is in line with what you would expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 303 instances that reached a hand, 74% were cast before the game concluded.

What turn does Dimir Signet usually get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 4, with a mean of 4.46. The mode is turn 2, which reflects players who had the Signet in their opening hand and played it on curve. The P75 sits at turn 6, so late-drawn copies are common and frequently miss the ramp window they were intended to fill. Of 223 total casts, roughly a third landed on or ahead of curve.

Does casting Dimir Signet correlate with winning?

In participations where Dimir Signet was cast, the win rate is 27% (normalized to a 4-player baseline). When the card stayed in the library the whole game, the win rate was 20%. The +6.2 percentage-point gap is directional, but the confidence interval crosses zero on this sample size, so treat it as an early signal rather than a firm conclusion.

Is Dimir Signet legal in Commander?

Yes. Dimir Signet is legal and unrestricted in Commander, as well as in Duel Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, Pauper Commander, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, or Alchemy. There are no format bans on this card.

Which commanders most often run Dimir Signet?

Among tracked decks, Sauron the Dark Lord leads with 12 decklists, followed by Alela Cunning Conqueror at 11 and Fire Lord Azula at 10. Most of the top commanders share Blue-Black or Blue-Black-Red color identity, which is exactly the identity Dimir Signet serves. The list is broad, with no single commander dominating, which matches the card's role as a format-wide utility piece rather than a build-around.

How quickly do players cast Dimir Signet after drawing it?

Of the instances that were both drawn and cast, 54% were cast on the same turn they were drawn. The median turns held in hand before casting is 0, meaning the most common outcome is immediate deployment. The average delay is 0.68 turns. This pattern is consistent with players treating the Signet as a high-priority play whenever mana allows, though some late-game draws naturally sit a turn or two before finding a window.