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Bilbo's Gambit
Instant
rare
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 ", 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.
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Helps produce colors you need. Includes multicolor lands, color filtering, and 'any color' mana sources.
A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.
One-shot mana bursts that don't persist. Dark Ritual, Seething Song, Treasure token generators used for mana.
Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.
Creates creature tokens, Treasure tokens, Food tokens, Clue tokens, or other token types.
Creates Treasure tokens for mana or sacrifice synergies.
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Printings (2)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit#5 | rare | · | · | · |
| The Hobbit#285 | rare | · | · | · |
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Related Rules
“Gift an extra turn” means the effect is “The chosen player takes an extra turn after this one.”
“Gift a Treasure” means the effect is “The chosen player creates a Treasure token.”
On a permanent, the second ability represented by gift is “When this permanent enters, if its gift cost was paid, [effect].” On an instant or sorcery spell, the second ability represented by gift is “If this spell’s gift cost was paid, [effect].” The specific effect is defined by the [something] listed.
Some effects trigger whenever a player gives a gift. Such an ability triggers whenever an instant or sorcery spell that player controls whose gift cost was paid resolves. It also triggers whenever the gift triggered ability of a permanent that player controls resolves.
“Gift a card” means the effect is “The chosen player draws a card.”
“Gift a tapped Fish” means the effect is “The chosen player creates a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token.”
“Gift an Octopus” means the effect is “The chosen player creates an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.”
If a spell’s controller declares the intention to pay a spell’s gift cost, that spell’s gift was promised.
Rulings
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.
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.
"Gift a Treasure" causes the chosen opponent to create a Treasure token.
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.
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.
You can't pay a gift cost more than once.