Sting, Bilbo's Sword Price
3 printings · 1 set · first printed 2026
Sting, Bilbo's Sword has been printed 3 times across 1 set, first in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is The Hobbit #178 at $0.50, while the most expensive is The Hobbit #273 at $8.02 — about 16× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.99. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x in the last 2 years.
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Every Sting, Bilbo's Sword Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit #178 (R) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.50 | — |
| The Hobbit #237 (R) | 2026 | $0.99 | $0.10 foil |
| The Hobbit #273 (R) Foil | 2026 | $8.02 | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
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
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsA 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.
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.
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.