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Magic · The Hobbit · #178 · Rare

Sting, Bilbo's Sword

Magic card price for Sting, Bilbo's Sword: $0.55 market, from $0.19 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Aug 5, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.55
+12.2% this week · +5.8% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+1.9%
7 days+12.2%
30 days+5.8%
90 days—
1 year—
All time−72.2%

Sellers right now

$0.19lowest listing$30.00highest
Market price$0.55
Mid listing$0.60
Direct$0.50
30-day avg$0.52

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.55
Cardmarket$0.42 €0.37

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.4452-week low$1.9852-week high
In the range7%
All-time low$0.44
All-time high$1.98
First priceAug 5, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$0.78$1.56$2.34
$0.55
Aug 5Aug 29Sep 23Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Foil) came out in August 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $0.19; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.52.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.55$0.19$30.00+12.2%
Normal$0.34$0.14$19.95−27.7%

The card in play

Type line
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Rules 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

Other printings of Sting, Bilbo's Sword

2 more · $0.55 – $7.86
All printings
Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase) (Surge Foil) (273), The Hobbit — Magic card price −8.7% 7d Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase) (Surge Foil) The Hobbit · #273 $7.86 Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase) (237), The Hobbit — Magic card price −2.3% 7d Sting, Bilbo's Sword (Showcase) The Hobbit · #237 $1.26

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