Hobbit's Sting
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.79
ManaPool$0.33
TCGplayer$0.43
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Card Kingdom$0.08
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.03 tix
90-day paper retail (USD)
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This printing
SetLTR
Collector #471
Released2023-11-03
Raritycommon
ArtistViko Menezes
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Hobbit's Sting

CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Hobbit's Sting deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of creatures you control plus the number of Foods you control.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2023-06-23Newest 2023-06-23Cheapest priced $0.17 in LTR
Rulings (5)
wotc8 Nov 2024
If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
wotc8 Nov 2024
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
wotc8 Nov 2024
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
wotc8 Nov 2024
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
wotc16 Jun 2023
If a Food you control is also a creature, it will be counted twice.