Commander

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

380 Wins

859 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,239 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (380–859) at an Elo of 1,527, ranking #1457 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 1239 recorded Playgroup games (380 wins, 859 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: 13 days.

How many decks use Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant?

444 decks list Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 236 have played at least one recorded game.

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1457

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1527

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Global Elo trend

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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 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 444

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 236

No. games played with this commander 1239

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1577	KBro	45	11	24 %
2	1569	Donkbrain	7	4	67 %
3	1554	urza1986	3	2	67 %
4	1544	Virendra	8	3	38 %
5	1542	MisguidedGh0st	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins, 37.46% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

37.46%

Combat

28.98%

Combo

17.67%

Alternative

10.95%

Commander Damage

4.24%

Mill

0.71%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 386 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins 35.66% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.66% n=387

Seat 2

29.78% n=356

Seat 3

29.49% n=312

Seat 4

24.24% n=165

Seat 5

20.0% n=15

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins 31.82% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.82% n=616

1 mulligan

29.95% n=217

2 mulligans

27.94% n=68

3 mulligans

26.67% n=15

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant 3.79/5 on average, across 954 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.4% of the time across 386 tracked wins.

74.4 \%

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.