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Sting, the Glinting Dagger LTR 0250 · rare

Sting, the Glinting Dagger · {2} · Legendary Artifact — Equipment · 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}

Sting, the Glinting Dagger · {2} · Legendary Artifact — Equipment · 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}

Price
from $2.434 printings
Win rate
49.7% GIH 3,677 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,827 wins in 3,677 card-in-hand instances.

3,671 distinct games · 1,485 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

49.7%when drawn (GIH)

−5.9 pp vs 55.6% average · 3,677 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#228 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.3 on average (23,003 packs).

12 of 17 colorless cards · 4 of 5 colorless rare cards.

Taken at pick4.43,101 picks
Makes the deck46.8%3,101 picks with known usage
When played50.4%7,072.8 matchesBenched 54.4%
7,487.2 matches
When drawn49.7%3,677 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 48.4% · 1,473 instances
● Drawn later 50.5% · 2,204 instances

In hand 49.7% · 3,677 instances
Unseen in deck 51.2% · 4,995 instances
−1.5 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn49.7%3,677 instances12 of 17
Opening hand48.4%1,473 instances11 of 17
Drawn later50.5%2,204 instances14 of 17
In the deck50.6%8,684 instances12 of 17
Without seeing it51.2%4,995 instances11 of 17
Improvement when drawn−1.5 pp3,677 instances / 4,995 instances13 of 17
When benched54.4%7,487.2 matches15 of 16
Makes the deck46.8%3,101 picks with known usage9 of 17
Pick (last seen)3.323,003 packs9 of 17
Taken at4.43,101 picks9 of 17

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

White–Black WB55.5% ◌398 instancesBlack–Red BR54.2%605 instancesBlue–Black UB52.0% ◌148 instancesBlack–Green BG52.0% ◌152 instancesRed–Green RG50.9% ◌106 instancesBlue–Red UR49.7% ◌147 instancesRed–White RW48.9% ◌458 instancesGreen–White GW44.4% ◌180 instancesWhite–Blue WU44.3% ◌174 instancesBlue–Green UG43.5% ◌115 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (49.7% · 3,677 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Errand-Rider of Gondor2,148 games with both in the deckDunland Crebain2,071 games with both in the deckOliphaunt1,963 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 9% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0250 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$2.43
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$4.44

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,715 packs (0.06%) · 2.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 86 packs (1.17%) · 34.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 645 packs (0.15%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 59 packs (1.68%) · 39.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic85.7%Main set · rare

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Nino Is, LTR 250 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗