CardsplainBilbo's Gambit
Gift a (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure before its other effects. It's an with " , this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Return target spell to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, players can't cast spells this turn.
Grade D- Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 48.5% −7.7 vs average 915 games
Win rates and picks
- 50.1% 2,100 games
- Average pick ()
- 8
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
Getting to Silence your opponent is pretty funny, but that's most of what Bilbo's Gambit has going for it and I'm not a fan. Unsubstantiate is significantly better than this and isn't very strong. Maybe this being in white is relevant, but I wouldn't pin my hopes on it.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Patchwork Midrange Combat trick
Returning a spell to its owner's hand only delays it, so you spend a card and the opponent recasts theirs later. With the gift promised, they also get a , and then no player can cast spells for the rest of the turn.
How to play it
Learn the Patchwork Midrange deckKeep it in the sideboard. If you do play it, promise the gift on the opponent's turn against the big spell they out for, so they can't recast it or anything else and lose that turn's mana. On your own turn the gift stops you from casting spells too, so cast everything you need first.