There is only one baptism that saves, and that is the baptism of the Holy Spirit all else are human signs from the believer to the ungodly or as a tradition began by men. The Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit alone is all that truly matters.
The thief on the cross received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, because only by the Father can we make the claim of whom Christ is, as He told peter.
He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:15-17