Live Play Data

Talisman of Indulgence

· Artifact · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

29%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

958

Decks Running

570

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

76%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

29% of tracked Black-Red Commander decks on Playgroup Live run Talisman of Indulgence, and when drawn it reaches the battlefield 76% of the time, with a median first-cast turn of 3.

Talisman of Indulgence sits in 29% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, appearing in 570 of the 1980 distinct decks that have played a logged game. For a color-restricted two-mana rock, that is a consistent signal of staple status inside the Rakdos slice of the format.

When a copy enters a player's hand, 76% of those copies are cast before the game ends. Median first cast lands on turn 3, meaning players who open with or draw the Talisman early tend to deploy it quickly. The 44% on-curve rate is modest for a two-mana card, which mostly reflects copies drawn after the early turns rather than players choosing to hold it. The 45% same-turn cast rate confirms that when players do draw it, they act on it fast roughly half the time.

The dataset is well-distributed: 443 unique players have brought this card to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 2% of all instances. That spread strengthens confidence in the directional read, though the overall Playgroup Live sample remains small enough that all figures should be treated as early signals rather than settled conclusions.

At a glance

29% of tracked Commander decks include Talisman of Indulgence
76% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T3 median first-cast turn across tracked games
83% battlefield stickiness once the Talisman resolves
44% on-curve rate for this two-mana artifact
443 unique players have brought it to a Playgroup Live game

First-cast turn

n=193

13%

31%

10%

21%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 14

On curve 44% (60 / 193 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 45%

The "good card" funnel

964 brought · 443 players

Brought to game

964

Ever drawn

255

Reached battlefield

193

Still on board at game end

160

76%

Of 964 copies brought to games, 255 were drawn and 193 of those were cast, with the majority of resolved copies still present on the battlefield at the end of the game.

≥ -7.4pp

Players who cast this card win 23% of the time (n=188) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=632).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 25% (n=59) — 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 -1.2pp; 95% confidence interval -7.4pp to +5.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

286 instances

2.1%

Library

55.9%

Battlefield

19.9%

Graveyard

6.6%

Exile

The vast majority of Talisman of Indulgence copies end games on the battlefield or in the graveyard, with very few stranded in the library. That pattern is typical for a low-cost artifact players prioritize casting when drawn.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 48 decks
2 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 38 decks
3 Terra, Herald of Hope 25 decks
4 Sauron, the Dark Lord 17 decks
5 Abaddon the Despoiler 16 decks
6 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 15 decks
7 Fire Lord Azula 13 decks
8 Kaalia of the Vast 13 decks
9 Caesar, Legion's Emperor 12 decks
10 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 12 decks

The commander list spans Rakdos, Grixis, and Mardu builds without a dominant single pairing, which is what you expect from a staple valued for colored mana rather than synergy with a specific strategy.

Frequently Asked

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

Across 878 tracked multiplayer games where Talisman of Indulgence was in the deck, it was drawn 26% of the time. That draw rate is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 255 copies that reached a player's hand, 76% were cast before the game concluded, making it one of the more reliably executed mana rocks in the dataset.

What turn does Talisman of Indulgence usually hit the battlefield?

Median first cast is turn 3, with the distribution clustering around turns 2 and 3 for early draws and spreading out to turns 6-8 for later ones. The mode of the distribution is turn 2, consistent with players who open it in hand dropping it immediately after their first land. The 45% same-turn cast rate backs that up: roughly half of drawn copies are cast the very turn they are drawn.

Does casting the Talisman actually correlate with winning?

Win rate when cast is 23% versus 24% when the card never left the library, a delta of -1.2 percentage points. The cast bucket has 188 observations and the library bucket has 632, so both are reasonably sized. However, the delta is small and the confidence interval crosses zero, so treat this as a directional hint rather than a firm causal claim. The card accelerates mana; its effect on game outcomes is entangled with deck quality.

Is Talisman of Indulgence legal in Commander?

Yes. Talisman of Indulgence is legal in Commander and carries a Black-Red color identity, so it fits any deck whose commander includes both Black and Red in their color identity. It is also legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Historic, Timeless, Duel Commander, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, or Pauper Commander.

Which commanders most often run Talisman of Indulgence?

On Playgroup Live, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls leads the multiplayer list by deck count, followed by Doctor Doom, King of Latveria and Terra, Herald of Hope. The spread across Rakdos (BR), Grixis (UBR), and Mardu (WBR) commanders reflects the card's straightforward usefulness in any shell that wants cheap, colored mana acceleration. No single commander dominates the list, which is the expected pattern for a format staple rather than a build-around piece.

How sticky is the Talisman once it resolves?

83% of cast copies are still on the battlefield at the end of the game in which they were cast. For a non-creature artifact with no inherent protection, that is a strong retention figure. It reflects the general reality that targeted removal is a scarce resource in Commander pods, and players typically prioritize threats over mana rocks when deciding what to answer.