Sting, Bilbo's Sword
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This printing
SetHOB
Collector #178
Released2026-08-14
Rarityrare
ArtistTomas Duchek
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Sting, Bilbo's Sword

RareMV 2
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
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
Keywords
EquipFlash
Card capabilities
Artifact
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2026-08-14Newest 2026-08-14Cheapest priced $1.10 in HOB
Rulings (3)
wotc29 Jun 2026
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.
wotc29 Jun 2026
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.
wotc29 Jun 2026
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.