Life and Death

About this deck

A white, black and green Commander deck led by Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant, 100 cards, saved by a ScrollVault player. Bracket 2 (Core) by our bracket engine.

Checked October 19, 2026 with ScrollVault's bracket engine v395 · what changed in each version · how the engine is tested

Why it is Bracket 2

What sets it: Optimization score 21/75 set the verdict (no hard floor reached Bracket 2).

• No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 21/75 (6 card draw, 5 interaction, 1 fast-mana)

This deck runs no Game Changers. See the full Game Changers list and the bracket rules.

Deck at a glance

• 100 cards: 37 lands and 62 other cards, plus the commander.
• Average mana value of the nonland cards, commander included: 3.75.
• Color identity: white, black and green.

For a land count and colored sources matched to this curve, run the list through the mana base calculator; for what other decks at this bracket run, see Commander deck ratios by bracket.

Decklist

Commander

• Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Creatures (45)

• Accomplished Alchemist
• Aerith, Last Ancient
• Aragorn and Arwen, Wed
• Archangel of Thune
• Avacyn, Angel of Horror
• Belladonna Took
• Blood Artist
• Celestine, the Living Saint
• Charismatic Conqueror
• Chatterfang, Squirrel General
• Crested Sunmare
• Delighted Halfling
• Dragonlord Dromoka
• Essence Warden
• Eternal Witness
• Exemplar of Light
• Gala Greeters
• Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
• Haliya, Guided by Light
• Hazel of the Rootbloom
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• Kwia Vigorbloom
• Marauding Blight-Priest
• Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• Nykthos Paragon
• Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
• Ocelot Pride
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• Ravenous Chupacabra
• Rhox Faithmender
• Selenia, the Cursed Heart
• Soul Warden
• Soul's Attendant
• South Wind Avatar
• Springheart Nantuko
• Sunscorch Regent
• Tervigon
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Tireless Provisioner
• Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• Victory's Herald
• Wall of Reverence
• Windborn Muse

Instants (2)

• Duty Beyond Death
• Generous Gift

Sorceries (2)

• Exsanguinate
• Fell the Mighty

Artifacts (4)

• Chromatic Lantern
• Eldrazi Monument
• Sol Ring
• Vexing Bauble

Enchantments (9)

• Ajani's Welcome
• Cathars' Crusade
• Cryptolith Rite
• Defense of the Heart
• Lurking Predators
• Mirari's Wake
• Omnipresence
• Primal Vigor
• True Conviction

Lands (37)

• Adventurer's Inn
• Birnin Zana Plaza
• Blossoming Sands
• Bojuka Bog
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• Fisk Tower
• 4 Forest
• Great Hall of the Citadel
• High Market
• Indatha Triome
• Jungle Hollow
• Lush Portico
• Path of Ancestry
• 7 Plains
• Reflecting Pool
• Reliquary Tower
• Sandsteppe Citadel
• Savannah
• Selesnya Sanctuary
• Sungrass Prairie
• Sunpetal Grove
• Swamp
• Temple of Silence
• Thriving Grove
• Vault of the Archangel
• Woodland Cemetery

Deck saved by a ScrollVault player; the bracket, receipts and counts are computed by ScrollVault from the list as saved. (Card data and combo sources are credited below.) · Deck builder gallery · Commander deck builder