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.
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 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 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
- Mono-White 1 deck
- Naya 1 deck
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Extended Art
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $3.41
- Foil
- $9.33
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $1.55
- Foil
- $2.75
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 — a name search across every version, for 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.