Pithing Needle (257s)
PMID · Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos · rare
| Mana cost |  |
|---|---|
| Mana value | 1.0 |
| Type | Artifact |
| Rarity | rare |
| Colors | — |
| EDHREC rank | 6500 |
| Promo | Yes |
As this artifact enters, choose a card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Occasionally a skaab remembers too much of its former life. Luckily, there's an easy cure.
Sponsored
Printings
Magic Online Promos
—
Magic Online Promos
—
Saviors of Kamigawa
$4.22
Tenth Edition
$1.37
Magic 2010
$0.55
Return to Ravnica
$0.61
Kaladesh Inventions
—
Secret Lair Drop
$3.45
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
$0.42
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
$0.43
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
$0.53
Innistrad: Double Feature
$0.85
Double Masters 2022
$0.51
Double Masters 2022
$1.31
Double Masters 2022
—
Ravnica Remastered
$1.82
Latest prices
| Provider | Type | Normal | Foil | Etched | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tcgplayer | retail | — | $1.84 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| manapool | retail | — | $1.14 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardmarket | retail | — | $1.55 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardkingdom | retail | — | $2.79 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardkingdom | buylist | — | $0.95 | — | 2026-09-27 |
Buy
Legality
| Format | Status |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Banned |
| Historic | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Predh | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
Rulings
- 2005-06-01: Pithing Needle affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards. For example, a player can't cycle Eternal Dragon or return an Eternal Dragon from their graveyard to hand if Pithing Needle naming Eternal Dragon is on the battlefield.
- 2005-06-01: You can name any card, even if that card doesn't normally have an activated ability. You can't name a token unless that token has the same name as a card.
- 2005-06-01: If you name a card that has both a mana ability and another activated ability, the mana ability can be activated but the other ability can't be activated.
- 2009-10-01: Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.
- 2012-10-01: Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." Triggered abilities and static abilities of the named card work normally.