Live Play Data

Worldly Tutor

· Instant · Dominaria Remastered (DMR)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1088

Decks Running

506

Median Cast Turn

5.0

Drawn → Played

67%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

9% of tracked Commander decks run Worldly Tutor, and 67% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends, with a median first-cast turn of 5.0.

Worldly Tutor is a one-mana instant that fetches any creature to the top of your library. Its 9% inclusion rate across 5406 tracked Commander decks reflects a card that earns its slot whenever green wants a specific creature and can't afford to wait.

The draw-to-play rate of 67% is consistent with a card that players execute when the moment is right rather than hold indefinitely. Median first cast lands on turn 5.0, and the distribution is broad, from turn 1 openers all the way to turn 13, which tracks with Worldly Tutor's role as a reactive instant you fire when the creature you need becomes critical. Of 249 drawn copies, 168 reached the casting step across 911 tracked games.

The commander spread is wide. Top commanders by raw deck count range from creature-dense strategies like The Ur-Dragon and Baylen, the Haymaker to focused mono-green builds. That breadth is consistent with what you'd expect from a tutor that works in any deck whose game plan hinges on a single creature.

At a glance

9% of tracked Commander decks include Worldly Tutor
23% draw rate across tracked games
67% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T5.0 median first-cast turn
372 distinct players have brought Worldly Tutor to a tracked game, indicating broad data spread
168 total casts recorded across all tracked games

First-cast turn

n=168

17%

11%

35%

T6-9

10%

T10+

Median 5.0 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 20

On curve 17% (28 / 168 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 55%

The "good card" funnel

1088 brought · 372 players

Brought to game

1088

Ever drawn

249

Reached battlefield

168

Still on board at game end

67%

Of 1088 copies brought to tracked games, 249 were drawn and 168 of those were cast, a draw-to-play rate of 67% consistent with an instant players fire when the right moment arrives.

≥ -4.6pp

Players who cast this card win 28% of the time (n=161) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=734).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=75) — 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 +2.2pp; 95% confidence interval -4.6pp to +9.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

278 instances

6.8%

Library

1.1%

Battlefield

62.6%

Graveyard

10.8%

Exile

The vast majority of Worldly Tutor copies end in the graveyard, which is expected for a one-shot instant. The small fraction ending in hand or exile reflects unusual game states rather than a pattern worth reading into.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 12 decks
2 Baylen, the Haymaker 10 decks
3 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 9 decks
4 The Ur-Dragon 9 decks
5 Flubs, the Fool 8 decks
6 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 8 decks
7 Atla Palani, Nest Tender 7 decks
8 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 7 decks
9 Ghalta, Primal Hunger 7 decks
10 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 7 decks

No single commander dominates the Worldly Tutor deck list. The top entries each appear in 8 decks, spread across green-inclusive strategies from Dragons to Squirrels, showing the tutor earns its slot across diverse creature-focused builds.

Frequently Asked

How often is Worldly Tutor drawn and cast in a Commander game?

Across 911 tracked Commander games, Worldly Tutor was drawn 23% of the time when it was in the deck. Of the 249 drawn copies, 67% were cast before the game concluded. That rate reflects both deliberate holds and copies drawn too late to cast before the game ended.

What turn does Worldly Tutor typically get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 5.0, with a mean closer to turn 5. The distribution is notably flat: a cluster hits turns 1-2 (drawn in the opening hand and fired early), while a second wave spreads across turns 4-7 and a long tail reaches as late as turn 13. Because Worldly Tutor is an instant, players frequently hold it until a specific creature becomes the most impactful answer, which explains the late-game casts.

Is Worldly Tutor banned anywhere relevant to Commander players?

Worldly Tutor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper. It has never been banned in Commander.

Which commanders most commonly run Worldly Tutor?

By raw deck count in Playgroup Live's tracked dataset, Baylen the Haymaker and The Ur-Dragon each appear in 8 decks running Worldly Tutor, followed by Esika and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl at 7. The spread across 372 unique players, with the single heaviest contributor accounting for 23% of instances, indicates the data is not driven by one prolific user.

Does casting Worldly Tutor actually improve your win rate?

In 161 participations where Worldly Tutor was cast, the normalized win rate was 28%. In participations where the card stayed in the library, it was 26%. The delta is +2.2 percentage points. Both sample sizes are reasonable, but the standard error is wide enough that this should be read as a directional early signal rather than a firm conclusion. The lift is consistent with tutoring delivering a meaningful creature at the right moment, but it is not statistically definitive.