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Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase) from The Hobbit (HOB) #237, Magic: The Gathering card
RareArtifactShowcase

Sting, Bilbo's SwordShowcase

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

The Hobbit (HOB) · 237

Non-foilFoil

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Colour identityColourless

Mana cost

{2}

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Card 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}

Format legality

  • StandardLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • BrawlLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal

About Sting, Bilbo's Sword

This page covers the borderless printing of Sting, Bilbo's Sword (237), a Legendary Artifact — Equipment from The Hobbit (HOB). It is printed at Rare rarity. Its text prints Flash and Equip. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 6 more formats.

We track no other printing of 237 in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.

The Hobbit is a main expansion, released August 2026.

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}

[Flash][Equip]
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Card details

Card number
237
Set
The Hobbit (HOB)
Set type
Expansion
Released
14 August 2026
Rarity
Rare (R)
Printing
Showcase
Type line
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Colour
Colourless
Colour identity
Colourless
Mana cost
{2}
Finish
Non-foil

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Other printings of Sting, Bilbo's Sword in The Hobbit

The same card in other art and frames from this set — priced in the United States.

Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase, Surge Foil) from HOB #273, Magic: The Gathering card
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Sting, Bilbo's Sword

HOB · 273

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US$5.62
23 stores
Sting, Bilbo's Sword from HOB #178, Magic: The Gathering card

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HOB · 178

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US$0.10
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