Bilbo, Thief in the Night
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {1} less to cast. Whenever Bilbo attacks, you may cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
How Bilbo decks play in EDH
Bilbo, Thief in the Night is a mono-blue commander costing 1U, and its legendary creature - halfling rogue line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Bilbo, Thief in the Night decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $33.80Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (8)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (3)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Bilbo, Thief in the Night 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, Thief in the Night deck?
Bilbo, Thief in the Night has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Bilbo, Thief in the Night?
The cards played most often in Bilbo, Thief in the Night decks include Riddles in the Dark, Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death, Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot. 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, Thief in the Night deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $33.80 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, Thief in the Night 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.