How to Mulligan Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Mulligan decisions with Tivit, Seller of Secrets start with role clarity: does your opener actually support a real Tivit, Seller of Secrets game plan around artifacts and control? Esper artifact-control shell that uses Clues and Treasures for mana, cards, and combo pressure. Tivit rewards staying disciplined on mana and interaction until the artifact tokens actually convert into a lead. Your best cards either make Tivit safer to land or turn the extra artifacts into a closing engine.

What a keepable hand looks like

In Commander, the London mulligan gives you a free first reset and rewards disciplined keeps. For Tivit, Seller of Secrets, a strong opener usually does three things at once: develops mana, offers an early spell or piece of interaction, and points toward your actual game plan. Esper artifact-control shell that uses Clues and Treasures for mana, cards, and combo pressure. If your seven has lands but no way to advance that plan, treat it as shakier than it first looks.

Mana, colors, and early sequencing

Most Tivit, Seller of Secrets decks still want the normal Commander baseline of two to four lands or a hand that clearly replaces missing lands with reliable ramp. Tivit, Seller of Secrets is white-blue-black, so your opener should cast your setup on time and not strand key colors in hand. Tivit rewards staying disciplined on mana and interaction until the artifact tokens actually convert into a lead. Your best cards either make Tivit safer to land or turn the extra artifacts into a closing engine.

When to keep a borderline seven

If your list is built around artifacts, control, and clues, a borderline hand should still contain at least one card that matters for that package. Keep more aggressively when the hand has cheap setup plus enough mana to function. Ship more aggressively when it is all payoff, all air, or a pile of unrelated medium cards. Common misses include expensive esper goodstuff with no artifact payoff, cute voting cards that do not matter, and slow starts with no ramp into Tivit.

Play vs draw

On the draw, the extra card gives Tivit, Seller of Secrets more room to keep a slower hand, especially one with two mana sources and a real early spell. On the play, be tougher on reactive hands that do nothing proactive until turn three. If your build is faster or more controlling than average, compare both modes in the simulator so your mulligan habits match the exact list you are piloting.

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