I understand what you mean. ("Talent" is generally used for an exceptional propensity for a type of channeling, like "a Talent for Healing," or the ability to do something unusual with channeling, like making ter'angreal, or reading residues. The only time a non-channeler has talked about Talents is when that Ogier lady talked about having a minor Talent for seeing ta'veren)


Still, it's pretty weird. And, in retrospect, there isn't any real reason why he SHOULD have this mysterious luck. Mat was always lucky, but it didn't become a supernatural thing until after he was healed of the Shadar Logoth taint- and really, nothing there links "luck" with that.