Live Play Data

Talisman of Hierarchy

· Artifact · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

28%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1950

Decks Running

1078

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

75%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Talisman of Hierarchy appears in 28% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, with a median first-cast turn of 4 and 75% of drawn copies reaching the battlefield.

Talisman of Hierarchy slots into any black-white deck as a reliable two-mana rock, and the Playgroup Live numbers back that up: it sits in 28% of tracked Commander decks and has been brought to 1956 game participations across 1802 tracked games.

The draw-to-play rate of 75% reflects how consistently players move this card from hand to battlefield when they find it. Median first cast lands on turn 4, in line with what you'd expect from a two-mana accelerant drawn in or near the opening hand. The cast-vs-library win-rate delta is effectively zero in the current sample, meaning we see no directional signal that casting it shifts your odds of winning. That is not unusual for mana rocks: their value shows up in enabling other plays, not in the win-rate column directly.

The data is well-spread: 871 distinct players have brought it to tracked games, with no single player accounting for more than a small fraction of observations. That breadth strengthens confidence in the behavioral numbers.

At a glance

28% of tracked Commander decks include Talisman of Hierarchy
75% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T4 median first-cast turn
80% battlefield stickiness once cast
871 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game, showing broad adoption
1956 total game participations tracked across all decks

First-cast turn

n=353

10%

24%

14%

26%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 16

On curve 34% (85 / 353 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 44%

The "good card" funnel

1956 brought · 871 players

Brought to game

1956

Ever drawn

469

Reached battlefield

353

Still on board at game end

281

75%

Of 1956 Talisman of Hierarchy copies brought to games, 469 were drawn, 353 of those were cast, and the majority remained on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -4.6pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=323) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=1271).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=95) — 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 +0.4pp; 95% confidence interval -4.6pp to +5.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

502 instances

2.4%

Library

56.0%

Battlefield

19.7%

Graveyard

5.2%

Exile

Most copies of a singleton 100-card deck never leave the library, so the battlefield and graveyard counts represent the meaningful subset of games where Talisman of Hierarchy was actually found and deployed.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list spans Orzhov, Esper, and Mardu, with no single commander dominating. That spread reflects the card's function as a generic color-fixer rather than a build-around piece.

Card text

Talisman of Hierarchy

Artifact

: Add

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. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Lindsey Look

Frequently Asked

How often is Talisman of Hierarchy drawn in a Commander game?

Across 1802 tracked games where the card was in a deck, the draw rate is 24%. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 469 drawn copies, 75% were cast before the game ended. The median number of turns a copy sits in hand before being cast is 1, meaning players tend to deploy it quickly once they find it.

What turn does Talisman of Hierarchy usually get cast?

The median first-cast turn is 4, with the mode at turn 2. The distribution clusters heavily in turns 1 through 3, reflecting copies drawn in opening hands and deployed early. The 75th percentile sits at turn 7, so there is a meaningful tail of late-game casts, but early deployment is the norm.

Does casting Talisman of Hierarchy improve your chances of winning?

At current sample sizes, the cast-vs-library win-rate delta is very small and not statistically meaningful. Win rate when cast is 26% versus 25% when it stayed in the library. That gap is within the margin of error for this sample, so treat it as noise rather than signal. Mana rocks generally show their value indirectly by enabling higher-impact plays, which the win-rate column does not capture.

Is Talisman of Hierarchy legal in Commander?

Yes. Talisman of Hierarchy is legal and unrestricted in Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, or Pauper. Its color identity is white and black, so it can only be included in Commander decks whose commander shares those colors, such as Esper (white-blue-black), Mardu (white-black-red), or straight Orzhov (white-black).

Which commanders most commonly run Talisman of Hierarchy?

On Playgroup Live, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads the list with 1078 total tracked decks running the card overall. Y'shtola decks account for the largest single commander slice, followed by Killian, Decisive Mentor and Kaalia of the Vast. The spread across Orzhov, Esper, and Mardu commanders reflects the card's role as a generic color-fixing rock for any deck containing both white and black.

How sticky is Talisman of Hierarchy once it hits the battlefield?

80% of cast copies are still on the battlefield at the end of the game. The remainder end up primarily in the graveyard, reflecting removal, sacrifice effects, or board wipes. An artifact with no inherent protection will always take some hits, but 80% is a solid number and consistent with other two-mana rocks in the format.