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Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue // Sorcery — Adventure · 1U4U
Color identity: Blue
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Bilbo can't be blocked.
Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.
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Exchange control of two target nonland permanents that share a card type. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Reference price of the card: €0.11
Average lands in decks for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot: 35
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Build your Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (65/100)
- Consistency72
- Speed45
- Interaction100
- Resilience84
- Closing43
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (4 nonbasic, 31 Island)
Sol Ring · Counterspell · Arcane Signet · Sapphire Medallion · Arcane Denial · Thought Vessel · Propaganda · Sting, Bilbo's Sword · Aetherize · Mischievous Mystic · High Tide · Snap · Swiftfoot Boots · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Prosperous Thief · Pongify · Brainstorm · Frantic Search · Rapid Hybridization · Run Away Together · Boomerang Basics · Negate · Shifting Grift · Bident of Thassa · Chasm Skulker · Curiosity · Dour Port-Mage · Emrakul's Messenger · Homunculus Horde · Confusticate and Bebother · Enduring Curiosity · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Wizard Class · Bilbo, Thief in the Night · Combat Research · Cyclonic Rift · Mind Stone · Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance · Lightning Greaves · Mithril Coat · Ponder · Windfall · Alandra, Sky Dreamer · Arcane Heist · Imprisoned in the Moon · Mistblade Shinobi · Moon-Circuit Hacker · Opt · Plunder the Trollshaws · Preordain · Reality Shift · Sky Diamond · Lucky Clover · Narset's Reversal · Ornithopter of Paradise · Teferi's Ageless Insight · Wayfarer's Bauble · Bilbo's Ring · Goldvein Pick · Hullbreaker Horror · Swan Song · Sword of the Animist · Agent of Treachery · Bilbo's Burglaring · Reliquary Tower · Mystic Sanctuary · Myriad Landscape · Otawara, Soaring City
🃏 Recommended cards for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Sting, Bilbo's Sword | 40% | +39% |
| Prosperous Thief | 33% | +33% |
| Mischievous Mystic | 37% | +30% |
| Shifting Grift | 29% | +28% |
| Boomerang Basics | 30% | +28% |
| Run Away Together | 31% | +27% |
| Curiosity | 28% | +25% |
| Confusticate and Bebother | 26% | +24% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 27% | +23% |
| Bilbo, Thief in the Night | 24% | +23% |
| Bilbo Baggins, Burglar | 23% | +22% |
| Combat Research | 24% | +21% |
| Emrakul's Messenger | 27% | +21% |
| Arcane Heist | 21% | +20% |
| Mistblade Shinobi | 21% | +20% |
| Moon-Circuit Hacker | 21% | +20% |
| Lucky Clover | 20% | +20% |
| Mithril Coat | 23% | +19% |
| Homunculus Horde | 27% | +19% |
| Plunder the Trollshaws | 21% | +19% |
| Goldvein Pick | 19% | +19% |
| Bilbo's Ring | 19% | +18% |
| Bilbo's Burglaring | 18% | +18% |
| Enduring Curiosity | 25% | +18% |
💰 The best cards for your Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Sting, Bilbo's Sword
- Prosperous Thief
- Mischievous Mystic
- Shifting Grift
- Boomerang Basics
- Run Away Together
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Dour Port-Mage
- Arcane Heist
- Bilbo's Ring
- Enduring Curiosity
- Snap
- Daughter of the Deep
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Bilbo, Thief in the Night
- Mithril Coat
- Monument to Endurance
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Buster Sword
- Illusions of Grandeur
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot's color identity?
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 19 % of the time and floods 10 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck run?
Real Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot?
The three highest-synergy cards are Sting, Bilbo's Sword, Prosperous Thief, Mischievous Mystic. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot decks.
What combos does Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot deck cost?
You can start cheap: Sting, Bilbo's Sword, Prosperous Thief, Mischievous Mystic are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.