Sting, the Glinting Dagger - Borderless Scene (LTR)

Sting, the Glinting Dagger
Casting Cost: {2}
Card Type: Legendary Artifact - Equipment

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

Artist: Colin Boyer

Sting, the Glinting Dagger is a legendary artifact that can be equipped to a creature. It costs 2 to equip and provides various benefits to the creature it's attached to.

When equipped, the creature gets +1/+1, meaning it receives an additional point of power and toughness. It also gains haste, allowing it to attack or use abilities requiring tapping immediately after it enters the battlefield or becomes equipped.

Additionally, at the beginning of each combat phase, the equipped creature untaps. This means it can be ready to both attack and defend, providing added flexibility.

Furthermore, if the equipped creature is either blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc, it gains first strike. First strike allows the creature to deal combat damage before creatures without first strike, often giving it an advantage in combat.

The card's artwork by Colin Boyer likely portrays the iconic dagger known as Sting, which is well-known in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and used by characters such as Bilbo and Frodo Baggins to combat creatures like Goblins and Orcs.