Art by Kieran Yanner
Commander deckU
Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
Leverage Bilbo's cheap cantripping ETB trigger through flicker, bounce, and blink engines to churn through your deck, turning card draw into overwhelming board presence and win conditions.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
2U // ULegendary Creature — Halfling Rogue // Sorcery — Adventure
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
Classic ETB creature that draws two cards and loves flickers
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards off every flicker and bounce spell
Thought Monitor
6UArtifact Creature — Construct
Cheap flying body that draws cards on entry
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
Massive draw engine that overwhelms the table
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards whenever creatures deal combat damage
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible engine that blinks Bilbo every end step
Deadeye Navigator
4UUCreature — Spirit
Enables infinite or repeatable flickers to draw the deck
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Doubles Bilbo's card-draw ETB triggers
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Controls the stack and battlefield with every instant and sorcery
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Hard-to-kill finisher that punishes opponents casting spells
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains each opponent life total as Bilbo draws cards
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows with each draw and leaves an army of squids
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates flying drakes from blink spells and counters
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Builds a wall of bird tokens from instant and sorcery spells
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
5UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Copies your artifacts and spells while countering opponents'
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
Huge body that bounces opponent boards when flickered
Agent of Treachery
5UUCreature — Human Rogue
Steals any permanent on entry and draws cards
Peregrine Drake
4UCreature — Drake
Untaps lands on entry to generate massive flicker mana
Displacer Kitten
3UCreature — Cat Beast
Blinks Bilbo every time you cast a noncreature spell
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternative win condition when drawing out your library
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition and repeatable card draw engine
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Creates tentacle tokens and grows whenever you draw
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps on entry and draws on death or flicker
Amphin Mutineer
3UCreature — Salamander Pirate
Repeatable creature exile on a flickered body
Aboleth Spawn
2UCreature — Fish Horror
Steals opposing ETB abilities and applies table pressure
Scholar of the Lost Trove
5UUCreature — Sphinx
Re-casts powerful spells from graveyard on entry
Utility
10
Illusionist's Stratagem
3UInstant
Blinks two targets and draws an additional card
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof and haste to keep key creatures safe
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Zero-mana equip protection for Bilbo and combo pieces
