New Untitled Deck by Cyndd

Format: Commander

Commander: Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant turns this Abzan deck into a lifegain-engine combo deck. The primary plan is to deploy one or two ETB lifegain creatures, cast Bilbo to make every life-gain event count more, then convert life into cards and damage with The Gaffer, Haliya, Sanguine Bond, Vito, Dina, and Aetherflux Reservoir. Secondary wins are Felidar Sovereign's 40-life upkeep trigger and Beacon of Immortality's massive life spike. Bilbo's endgame 111-life activation is a mass-reanimation tutor rather than a compact kill, so it usually functions as a finisher only after the deck has already stabilized. There is no hidden commander; the deck is built around Bilbo's replacement effect.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deathgreeter
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Trudge Garden
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery