Bilbo's Gambit
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Gift a Treasure (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Return target spell to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, players can't cast spells this turn.
Combos with Bilbo's Gambit
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Approach of the Second Sun Infinite
- Win the game
- Prismari, the Inspiration Storm-Kiln Artist Infinite
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-06-29
As an additional cost to cast a spell with gift, you can promise the listed gift to an opponent. That opponent is chosen as part of that additional cost. The gift isn't given at this time; rather, it's given at a later time based on whether or not the spell is a permanent spell.
- 2026-06-29
If a spell for which the gift was promised is countered, doesn't resolve (perhaps because all of its targets are illegal), or is otherwise removed from the stack, the gift won't be given. None of its other effects will happen either.
- 2026-06-29
"Gift a Treasure" causes the chosen opponent to create a Treasure token.
- 2026-06-29
If you copy a spell for which the gift was promised, the gift was also promised to the same player for the copy. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the gift isn't promised for that new permanent, even if it was promised for the original.
- 2026-06-29
For instants and sorceries with gift, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent as part of the resolution of the spell. This happens before any of the spell's other effects would take place.
- 2026-06-29
You can't pay a gift cost more than once.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Bilbo's Gambit, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantlaza, Sun-Favored | 1 | 16 | 31.3% |
| Baylen, the Haymaker | 1 | 0 | — |
| Dáin of the Ancient Halls | 1 | 0 | — |
| Lightning, Army of One | 1 | 0 | — |
| Myrel, Shield of Argive | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Boros 2 decks
- Naya 2 decks
- Mono-White 1 deck
Bilbo's Gambit price history
The The Hobbit #5 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $1.03 | $1.41 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $1.03 | $1.41 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.50 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.43 | $1.59 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $1.41 | $1.53 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $1.38 | $1.52 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.50 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.36 | $1.54 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.35 | $1.54 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.40 | $1.55 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $1.54 | $1.65 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.58 | $2.40 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.77 | $2.54 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.91 | $2.51 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.66 | $2.66 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $1.52 | $2.16 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.45 | $2.01 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $1.61 | $1.91 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $1.62 | $1.58 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.46 | $1.46 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.46 | $1.52 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $1.62 | $1.75 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.48 | $1.90 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.63 | $2.08 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.21 | $2.02 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.51 | $1.66 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.57 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.43 | $1.72 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.38 | $2.00 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Bilbo's Gambit
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Extended Art
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $1.67
- Foil
- $4.20
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $1.03
- Foil
- $1.41
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Bilbo's Gambit. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
