Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Sting, the Glinting Dagger card image

Sting, the Glinting Dagger: Legendary Artifact - Equipment, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
250
Artist
Nino Is
Commander rank
1,610 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Equip

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About Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Sting, the Glinting Dagger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary artifact from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 250 in that set, with art by Nino Is. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.69 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste.

At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature.

Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc.

Equip {2}

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.69 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Sting, the Glinting Dagger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Sting, the Glinting Dagger has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #701Rare2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #409Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #250sRare2023

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