Commander

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

403 Wins

913 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,319 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (403–913) at an Elo of 1,576, ranking #789 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant's win rate?

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant has a 30% win rate across 1319 recorded Playgroup games (403 wins, 913 losses).

How long do winning games with Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant take?

Wins with Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant?

486 decks list Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 257 have played at least one recorded game.

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

789

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1576

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 486

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 257

No. games played with this commander 1319

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1611	Arasmas	7	4	64 %
2	1569	Donkbrain	7	4	67 %
3	1558	omni	4	3	75 %
4	1554	urza1986	3	2	67 %
5	1548	DraeganDeez	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins, 37.33% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

37.33%

Combat

29.33%

Combo

18.33%

Alternative

10.33%

Commander Damage

4.0%

Mill

0.67%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 410 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins 35.06% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.06% n=405

Seat 2

29.23% n=366

Seat 3

29.56% n=318

Seat 4

23.53% n=170

Seat 5

11.76% n=17

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins 31.93% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.93% n=653

1 mulligan

30.0% n=230

2 mulligans

25.33% n=75

3 mulligans

23.53% n=17

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant 3.77/5 on average, across 1009 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.1% of the time across 410 tracked wins.

75.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.