Crude Bent Blade

The Hobbit #63

Crude Bent Blade - The Hobbit

Type: Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}{B}

Card text: When this Equipment enters, target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Equipped creature gets +2/+1. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Russell Dongjun Lu

"Clever and cruel, Goblins were particularly good at making instruments of torture and destruction."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.15 USD · $0.27 USD (Foil) · €0.03 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Crude Bent Blade good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Crude Bent Blade B tier — a strong, solid playable. It also placed #2 among black commons in our community set review, with 2 of 3 reviewers picking it.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review. This set has 3 community reviews so far — treat the community placement as an early signal, not a settled verdict.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Crude Bent Blade in The Hobbit limited

common

Goblin Plate Mail
Goblin Plate Mail
Artifact — Equipment

Goblin Plate Mail enters and amasses Goblins 1, creating or growing an Army token, and then attaches to it. Crude Bent Blade also enters with a removal trigger, so having two Equipment that both create board presence and buff creatures makes for a strong artifact-based strategy.

Iron Hills Stalwart
Iron Hills Stalwart
Creature — Dwarf Warrior

Iron Hills Stalwart enters and attaches target Equipment you control to a creature, so it can immediately attach Crude Bent Blade to itself or another creature for free. This accelerates the Equipment's value while also triggering the Blade's sacrifice effect on entry.

Well-Worn Spatula
Well-Worn Spatula
Artifact — Equipment

Well-Worn Spatula is another cheap Equipment that enters with a life gain trigger, and stacking multiple Equipment on a creature alongside Crude Bent Blade creates a heavily buffed attacker. Both are low-cost Equipment that contribute to an artifact-heavy board.

uncommon

Dwarven Mauler
Dwarven Mauler
Creature — Dwarf Warrior

Dwarven Mauler reduces equip costs by {2} for Equipment targeting it, making Crude Bent Blade's equip cost of {2} effectively free when re-equipping to the Mauler. This allows repeated free equipping to maximize the Blade's buff.

rare

Dwalin, Weaponmaster
Dwalin, Weaponmaster
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warrior

Dwalin puts hone counters on all Equipment you control whenever he enters or attacks, and Crude Bent Blade already gives +2/+1, so adding hone counters makes the equipped creature even more powerful. Dwalin's first strike also pairs well with a heavily buffed creature.

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