Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. {2}{W}{B}{G}, {T}, Exile Bilbo: Search your library for any number of creature cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only if you have 111 or more life.
How Bilbo decks play in EDH
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant is a Abzan commander in white, black and green costing WBG, and its legendary creature - halfling rogue line shapes the whole deck around it. It tutors, which makes a small number of high-impact targets more valuable than a broad toolbox. The cards below are the ones Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $83.31Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant deck?
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant has a Abzan colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant?
The cards played most often in Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant decks include Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Belladonna Took, Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $83.31 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.