Hobbit's Sting
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #20 (common)
- Price
- $0.16 USD
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.
Hobbit's Sting has 2 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #9,291 among Commander cards. It appears most in Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant decks (4,795 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Hobbit's Sting most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant: 4,795 decks
- Ragost, Deft Gastronaut: 1,845 decks
- Rocco, Street Chef: 1,190 decks
- Samwise Gamgee: 1,083 decks
- Brenard, Ginger Sculptor: 508 decks
- Apothecary White: 342 decks
- Bill the Pony: 316 decks
- Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan: 233 decks
Often played with Hobbit's Sting
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a Food you control is also a creature, it will be counted twice.
- : 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).
- : 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.
- : Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- : Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.