Bilbo's Gambit - Rare Instant card from The Hobbit
Back face of Bilbo's Gambit - Instant card

Bilbo's Gambit

Type: Instant
Colors:
Number: 5
Finishes:
["foil""nonfoil"]
Reprint: No
Card Text:
Gift a Treasure (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice 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.
Printings:
Variants:
Finish Market Price Lowest Price Highest Price Average Price
Normal $1.46 $1.46 $21.76 $7.30
Foil $2.76 $2.30 $24.00 $8.48
Price History
Loading price history...
Legality

Alchemy

Brawl

Commander

Duel

Gladiator

Historic

Legacy

Modern

Oathbreaker

Pauper

Pauper Commander

Penny

Pioneer

Standard

Timeless

Rulings
Jun 29, 2026

"Gift a Treasure" causes the chosen opponent to create a Treasure token.

Jun 29, 2026

As an additional cost to cast a spell with gift, you can promise the listed gift to an opponent. That opponent is chosen as part of that additional cost. The gift isn't given at this time; rather, it's given at a later time based on whether or not the spell is a permanent spell.

Jun 29, 2026

For instants and sorceries with gift, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent as part of the resolution of the spell. This happens before any of the spell's other effects would take place.

Jun 29, 2026

If a spell for which the gift was promised is countered, doesn't resolve (perhaps because all of its targets are illegal), or is otherwise removed from the stack, the gift won't be given. None of its other effects will happen either.

Jun 29, 2026

If you copy a spell for which the gift was promised, the gift was also promised to the same player for the copy. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the gift isn't promised for that new permanent, even if it was promised for the original.

Jun 29, 2026

You can't pay a gift cost more than once.