Sting, Bilbo's Sword
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- The Hobbit #273 (rare)
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 {3}
Sting, Bilbo's Sword has 3 printings, first in The Hobbit (2026). EDHREC ranks it #9,382 among Commander cards. It appears most in Thorin, King of Durin's Folk decks (2,868 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Sting, Bilbo's Sword most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Thorin, King of Durin's Folk: 2,868 decks
- Dwalin, Weaponmaster: 873 decks
- Thorin Oakenshield: 638 decks
- Dáin of the Ancient Halls: 471 decks
- Bilbo, Thief in the Night: 466 decks
- Bifur, Melodic Rider: 257 decks
- Bruenor Battlehammer: 148 decks
- Lightning, Army of One: 136 decks
Often played with Sting, Bilbo's Sword
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.