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Sting, Bilbo's SwordHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· The Hobbit· August 14, 2026
Carte Magic Sting, Bilbo's Sword

Sting, Bilbo's Sword is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official 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}

How it works : Sting, Bilbo's Sword

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

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