---
name: "Sting, Bilbo's Sword"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip", "Flash"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "237"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Barbara Rosiak"
oracle_id: "9779f32c-b1a2-42a3-8e78-14c28c3ad254"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sting-bilbos-sword-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sting, Bilbo's Sword
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip, Flash

## Oracle Text
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}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sting, the Glinting Dagger](/printing/sting-the-glinting-dagger-pltr.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment
2. [Grifter's Blade](/printing/grifters-blade-rav.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Bilbo's Ring](/printing/bilbos-ring-hoc.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment
4. [Galadhrim Bow](/printing/galadhrim-bow-ltr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Quick-Draw Dagger](/printing/quick-draw-dagger-snc.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Squire's Lightblade](/printing/squires-lightblade-eoe.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #237
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Barbara Rosiak
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`