Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot1 U // 4 U
Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue // Sorcery — Adventure
Bilbo can't be blocked. Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card. // Exchange control of two target nonland permanents that share a card type. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
uncommon1/1

Versions

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot — Base #32
Base #32
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot — #218
#218
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot — #254
#254

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot

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Limited summary

Two-mana unblockable 1/1 that loots every time it connects — guaranteed card filtering every turn in any blue deck. The Burglar's Plot adventure is a late-game haymaker that swaps your worst permanent for their best.

Roles

CreatureRole — Mainly provides a body on the board.EvasionRole — Hard to block — flying, menace, unblockable, and similar.Card AdvantageRole — Generates extra cards or value over time.EnablerSets up the condition its archetype's payoffs reward. Count your enablers before valuing payoffs highly.

Archetypes

GU Elves / LandfallGU Elves / Landfall — SimicElf ramp-tempo deck using Landfall triggers. Extra land drops and land recursion snowball incremental advantages into oversized threats and card flow.How it plays: Extra-land effects are the engine: value them above replacement-level creatures. Hold fetch-style lands to trigger Landfall at the best moment. Can pivot between aggro tempo and ramp endgame.neither hereWU Humans / RecruitWU Humans / Recruit — AzoriusGo-wide Humans deck built around the Recruit mechanic: assemble a board of Human tokens and creatures, then leverage payoffs that reward a large Human count.How it plays: Prioritize cheap Humans and Recruit enablers early, then curve into anthem-style payoffs. Watch for sweepers; commit only as much as you need. Token generation makes chump-blocking and race math favorable.

Gameplay notes

The loot discard is a resource: bin dead lands or set up graveyard plans. Burglar's Plot needs two permanents sharing a type — trading a token for their bomb is the dream.

Key synergies

Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaverCombo / InteractionA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Bilbo is unblockable, so Orcrist's combat-damage trigger is guaranteed every turn — pick your widest creature type and mint Treasures.

The Mountain-king's Return
The Mountain-king's ReturnEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Bilbo's loot discards a creature on purpose; the Saga's chapter II reanimates it straight to the battlefield.

Roads Go Ever, Ever On
Roads Go Ever, Ever OnDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

Chapter IV's +1/+1 per Plains on an unblockable Bilbo converts entirely into combat damage plus his saboteur loot trigger — and the Saga itself fetched the Plains that size the pump.

Synergy graph

Min strength
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot ↔ Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver Combo / Interaction · strength 3/3Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot ↔ The Mountain-king's Return Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot ↔ Roads Go Ever, Ever On Direct Synergy · strength 1/3Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot (this card)
Showing 3 of 3 connections · click a card to explore its graphLine thickness = strength