First printed in The Hobbit (2026)

All 2 prints

The Hobbit (HOB) #285, 2026
The Hobbit (HOB) #5, 2026

Bilbo's Gambit

Instant

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 ", 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.

In the last 30 days 1.1% of Standard decks played it (15 of 1416). Most played in WR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2236). Most played in Mono-White (unclassified).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Bilbo's Gambit in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
The Hobbit (HOB), Premier Draft	48.5%	-7.6	-2.9	915

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Commander staples: main deck, 2% of decks (#566)
White, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Win the game: Approach of the Second Sun + Bilbo's Gambit
Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite artifact ETB…: Bilbo's Gambit + Prismari, the Inspiration + Storm-Kiln Artist

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 15 of 1416 decks (1.1%).

Share of decks

1.1%

▼ 0.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 14 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WR (unclassified)	6.4%	11%
WU (unclassified)	3.6%	2%
WBR (unclassified)	1.7%	8%
Mono-White (unclassified)	0.4%	17%
WRG (unclassified)	0.4%	20%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WRG CoolGuyO in Standard Championship Week Finals	5-3 63%
WR 2legit2quit in Standard Challenge 32	3-2 60%
WR toondoslav in Standard Challenge 16	3-3 50%
WR 2legit2quit in Standard Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Mono-White lazerbeam in Standard Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WU Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	4 main
WR Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	3 side
WBR Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	2 side
WR toondoslav, 21 Oct	1 side	#16 3-3
WR Arena ranked player, 19 Oct	2 side
WR Arena ranked player, 12 Oct	3 side
Mono-White lazerbeam, 12 Oct	3 side	#27 2-3
WRG CoolGuyO, 10 Oct	2 side	#22 5-3

Modern Other periods →

In 1 of 2236 decks (0.0%).