Bilbo, Thief in the Night
HOB · mythic · Released 2026-08-14
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Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
wants support
can take over a game
multiple modes
broadly useful
easily answered
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Rationale
A 2/2 for {1}{U} that reduces all spells cast from anywhere other than hand (graveyard, exile, top of library) by {1}, and on attack lets you freecast an artifact, instant, or sorcery from your graveyard — with exiled-if-resolved protection for instants/sorceries. Bilbo is a premier spellslinger/graveyard-matters commander and deck-piece: the cost reduction synergizes directly with his own attack trigger (freecasting from graveyard costs less), making him a recursive engine that scales explosively with a stocked graveyard.
Learnings (3)
Bilbo's static cost-reduction applies to spells cast from the graveyard, meaning his own attack trigger and the cost reduction work together — a 3-mana spell in the yard effectively costs 2 when cast off his attack.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Artifacts cast from the graveyard via Bilbo's trigger are NOT exiled if they resolve (only instants and sorceries get that clause), so recurring artifact spells (like Treasure artifacts or utility mox-style pieces) go back to the graveyard and can be cast again in subsequent attacks.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Because Bilbo's trigger says 'you may cast' (not 'target'), it occurs at the declare-attackers step — blockers haven't been declared yet, so the spell you cast may resolve before combat damage, enabling interaction before damage is dealt.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
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- EDHREC rank: #18,622