Sting, Bilbo's Sword

The Hobbit • #273 • rare

Legendary Artifact — Equipment |

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Live Value $8.02

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 3 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 3x in the last 2 years.

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Sting, Bilbo's Sword

The Hobbit • #273 • rare

Current Valuation

$8.02

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Rarity

rare

Set Origin

HOB

Daily Shift

-3.72%

EDHREC Rank

#10,089

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Color Identity Colorless

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Flash

When Sting enters, put a hone counter on Sting for each creature target opponent controls. Attach Sting to up to one target creature you control. (Each hone counter on an Equipment grants +1/+0 to equipped creature.)

Equip

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Official Judge Precedents

3 Precedents

2026-06-29

A creature equipped by an Equipment with hone counters on it gets +1/+0 for each hone counter on that Equipment. This effect is from the counter itself rather than an ability on the Equipment, so even if the Equipment loses some of its abilities, each hone counter will still grant +1/+0 to the creature.

2026-06-29

The power boost applies only while the Equipment with hone counters is attached to a creature. If an Equipment with hone counters on it becomes unattached from a creature, leaves the battlefield, or has its hone counters removed, the power of the creature changes immediately.

2026-06-29

Hone counters can be put on any Equipment and each one will grant +1/+0 to that Equipment's equipped creature, even if the Equipment the hone counters are on doesn't reference hone counters or have an ability that puts them on itself.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2026-08-14

Set Name: The Hobbit

Artist Reference: Barbara Rosiak

Border Profile: borderless

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Traditional Foil

Promo Status surgefoil • universesbeyond

Edition Status Original Printing