Art by Kieran Yanner
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
{2}{U} // {U}Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue // Sorcery — Adventure
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Mulldrifter
{4}{U}Creature — Elemental
Classic ETB creature that draws two cards and loves flickers
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards off every flicker and bounce spell
Thought Monitor
{6}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Cheap flying body that draws cards on entry
Consecrated Sphinx
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
Massive draw engine that overwhelms the table
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards whenever creatures deal combat damage
Removal
10 cards
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
{3}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible engine that blinks Bilbo every end step
Deadeye Navigator
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Spirit
Enables infinite or repeatable flickers to draw the deck
Roaming Throne
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Doubles Bilbo's card-draw ETB triggers
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Controls the stack and battlefield with every instant and sorcery
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Hard-to-kill finisher that punishes opponents casting spells
Psychosis Crawler
{5}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains each opponent life total as Bilbo draws cards
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with each draw and leaves an army of squids
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates flying drakes from blink spells and counters
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Builds a wall of bird tokens from instant and sorcery spells
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Copies your artifacts and spells while countering opponents'
Scourge of Fleets
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Huge body that bounces opponent boards when flickered
Agent of Treachery
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Human Rogue
Steals any permanent on entry and draws cards
Peregrine Drake
{4}{U}Creature — Drake
Untaps lands on entry to generate massive flicker mana
Displacer Kitten
{3}{U}Creature — Cat Beast
Blinks Bilbo every time you cast a noncreature spell
Laboratory Maniac
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Alternative win condition when drawing out your library
Triskaidekaphile
{1}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition and repeatable card draw engine
Nadir Kraken
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Creates tentacle tokens and grows whenever you draw
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps on entry and draws on death or flicker
Amphin Mutineer
{3}{U}Creature — Salamander Pirate
Repeatable creature exile on a flickered body
Aboleth Spawn
{2}{U}Creature — Fish Horror
Steals opposing ETB abilities and applies table pressure
Scholar of the Lost Trove
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
Re-casts powerful spells from graveyard on entry
Utility
10 cards
Illusionist's Stratagem
{3}{U}Instant
Blinks two targets and draws an additional card
Crystal Shard
{3}Artifact
Bounces Bilbo to recast or cast Take a Glance adventure
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof and haste to keep key creatures safe
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Zero-mana equip protection for Bilbo and combo pieces
