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Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue

Bilbo wants a deck that brings big creatures back from the discard pile. It also works in a deck built around Halflings or Rogues.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityMythic

Bilbo can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player or battle, put up to one target nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less from a graveyard onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

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Cards That Fit Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Picked for what they do in Bilbo's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Bilbo's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

explain how Bilbo works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

Wizards of the Coast 29 Jun 2026

Once Bilbo has been blocked, increasing the power of a creature blocking him to 3 or greater won't cause him to become unblocked.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Bilbo, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.ReanimatorReanimator decks put big creatures into their own graveyard early, then bring them back onto the battlefield without paying their cost. It gets a huge creature into play far sooner than you could afford to cast it.Open the Reanimator pageReanimationReturns a creature card from a graveyard straight to the battlefield, skipping its mana cost. That is why decks built around it put their biggest creatures into the graveyard on purpose. Named for Reanimate. Animate DeadOpen the Reanimation pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion pageSaboteurTriggers when a creature deals combat damage to a player, so the reward comes from connecting rather than from the damage itself. Evasion makes these far more reliable. Ragavan, Nimble PilfererOpen the Saboteur page