Live Play Data

Teferi's Ageless Insight

· Legendary Enchantment · Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1021

Decks Running

470

Median Cast Turn

6.0

Drawn → Played

52%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Teferi's Ageless Insight lands on turn 6.0 at the median and sticks to the battlefield 77% of the time once cast. 33% of games where it resolved ended in a win for the controller, an early positive signal across 145 observations.

Teferi's Ageless Insight converts every non-draw-step card draw into two draws, making it a strong engine piece in blue decks that generate draw triggers repeatedly. Across 988 multiplayer Commander games tracked on Playgroup Live, it sits in 470 of 11011 distinct tracked decks at an inclusion rate of 4%. The data comes from 430 unique players, with no single contributor representing more than a small fraction of the sample.

The key behavioral number is cast turn. The median first cast lands on turn 6.0, consistent with a deliberate mid-game setup piece rather than an early accelerant. Of 305 instances drawn, 52% reached the battlefield before the game ended. Once it resolves, 77% survive through end of game, indicating that opponents rarely have the disruption or urgency to remove it immediately.

The win-rate signal is directional but not yet conclusive. Controllers of Ageless Insight won 33% of games where it resolved versus 24% in participations where it never left the library. That +8.4-percentage-point lift is consistent across the dataset so far, but both sample sizes remain modest, so treat it as an early-read trend rather than a settled finding.

At a glance

4% of tracked Commander decks include Teferi's Ageless Insight
T6.0 median first-cast turn, placing it firmly in the mid-game
52% of drawn copies reached the battlefield before the game ended
77% battlefield stickiness, most copies survive once they land
33% win rate in games where the card resolved
430 unique players contributed to the tracked dataset

First-cast turn

n=158

17%

13%

54%

T6-9

12%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 13

On curve 22% (27 / 158 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 32%

The "good card" funnel

1022 brought · 430 players

Brought to game

1022

Ever drawn

305

Reached battlefield

158

Still on board at game end

122

52%

Of 1022 copies brought to tracked games, 305 were drawn, 158 of those resolved on the battlefield, and the majority remained in play through the end of the game.

≥ +0.7pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=145) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=598).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=135) — 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 +8.4pp; 95% confidence interval +0.7pp to +16.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

327 instances

3.4%

Library

37.3%

Battlefield

24.8%

Graveyard

2.1%

Exile

Most resolved copies of Ageless Insight finish the game on the battlefield rather than the graveyard, reflecting its high stickiness once it lands. Copies that never left the library account for the structural reality that most singletons in a 100-card deck are never seen in a given game.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Kratos, Stoic Father 29 decks
2 The Astonishing Ant-Man 24 decks
3 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 23 decks
4 Vnwxt, Verbose Host 23 decks
5 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 18 decks
6 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir 14 decks
7 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 13 decks
8 Morska, Undersea Sleuth 13 decks
9 Varina, Lich Queen 12 decks
10 Baral, Chief of Compliance 11 decks

The commander spread is wide, with 430 distinct players contributing data. No single commander dominates by raw count, suggesting Ageless Insight finds a home across many blue archetypes rather than belonging to one specific shell.

Card text

Teferi's Ageless Insight

Legendary Enchantment

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) · Rare · Illustrated by Kieran Yanner

Frequently Asked

How often is Teferi's Ageless Insight drawn in a Commander game?

Across 988 tracked multiplayer games, Teferi's Ageless Insight was drawn 30% of the time when it was in the deck. That is a normal range for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 305 drawn copies, 52% were cast before the game concluded. The remainder reflects copies drawn late when the game ended before the player could act, not a deliberate decision to hold the card.

What turn does Teferi's Ageless Insight typically get cast?

Median first cast is turn 6.0, with the interquartile range spanning turns 5 to 8. Players rarely cheat it into play early. On-curve casting (turn 4, matching its 4-mana cost) happens 22% of the time. The hand-to-cast data shows a median hold of 1 turn in hand before casting, and 32% of cast instances landed on the same turn it was drawn. Most players wait for a safe window rather than slamming it immediately.

Does casting Teferi's Ageless Insight actually improve your win rate?

There is a directional positive signal. Controllers who resolved Ageless Insight won 33% of games, compared to 24% in participations where the card never interacted with play. The delta is +8.4 percentage points. Both buckets have enough observations to note the trend, but the confidence interval on the delta still crosses zero, so this is an early signal rather than a definitive result. More tracked games will sharpen the picture.

How sticky is Teferi's Ageless Insight once it hits the battlefield?

77% of resolved copies were still on the battlefield at end of game. For a 4-mana blue enchantment that generates no immediate board impact, that durability is notable. It suggests opponents either lack the removal or assess other threats as higher priority. Decks that protect the enchantment with countermagic or hexproof effects should expect the stickiness to skew even higher.

Which commanders most often run Teferi's Ageless Insight?

The top raw-count commanders in the tracked dataset include Kratos, Stoic Father, Vnwxt, Verbose Host, The Astonishing Ant-Man, Doctor Doom, and Morska, Undersea Sleuth. Notably, several non-blue commanders appear near the top by raw deck count, reflecting the breadth of the dataset rather than pure color-identity synergy. The strongest synergy signal by inclusion rate points to mono-blue and blue-heavy draw-engine commanders, where the card's doubling effect compounds across multiple draw triggers each turn.

Is Teferi's Ageless Insight legal in Commander and other formats?

Yes, Teferi's Ageless Insight is legal in Commander with no restrictions. It is also legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Oathbreaker, Duel Commander, and Brawl. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. As a rare from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, it was printed specifically with multiplayer formats in mind, which aligns with its statistical profile as a sustained-engine piece rather than a burst effect.