Pithing Needle

Artifact

$1.50

Pithing Needle

Artifact

Ravnica Remastered (RVR)·#463·rare·Jan 12, 2024

$1.50Non Foil$1.29Foil

Card Text

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.

Card Details

Mana Value: 1
Colors: Colorless
Color Identity: Colorless
EDHREC Rank: #6,163

Features

Format Legalities

Duel

Brawl

Penny

Predh

Future

Legacy

Modern

Pauper

Alchemy

Pioneer

Vintage

Historic

Standard

Timeless

Commander

Gladiator

Oldschool

Premodern

Oathbreaker

Standardbrawl

Paupercommander

Legal

Not Legal

Banned

Restricted

Market Prices

USD

$1.50

USD Foil

$1.29

EUR

2,88 €

EUR Foil

3,41 €

Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket

Price History (30d)

All Printings (79)

Set	#	Rarity	Lang	Artist	Price	Foil
Ravnica Remastered (RVR)	#463	rare	en	Anthony Palumbo	$1.50	$1.29
Magic Online Promos (PRM)	#102335	rare	en	Ron Spencer	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#564	rare	en	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#312	rare	en	Anthony Palumbo	$0.57	$0.48
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#397	rare	en	Ron Spencer	$1.33	$1.66
Magic Online Promos (PRM)	#94084	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL)	#257	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	$0.83	$4.97
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID)	#257s	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	—	$1.56
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	$0.45	$0.65
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	$0.41	$0.51
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID)	#257p	rare	en	Ovidio Cartagena	$0.45	$0.89
Secret Lair Drop (SLD)	#44	rare	en	Joshua Howard	$3.10	—
Kaladesh Inventions (MPS)	#44	special	en	Joseph Meehan	—	$75.41
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	en	Anthony Palumbo	$0.56	$1.40
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	en	Pete Venters	$0.73	$1.46
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	en	Pete Venters	$1.15	$8.00
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	en	Pete Venters	$4.34	$25.82
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#397	rare	de	Ron Spencer	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#312	rare	de	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#564	rare	de	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	de	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	de	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	de	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	de	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	de	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	de	Pete Venters	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	es	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	es	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	es	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	es	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	es	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	es	Pete Venters	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#312	rare	fr	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#564	rare	fr	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#397	rare	fr	Ron Spencer	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	fr	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	fr	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	fr	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	fr	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	fr	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	fr	Pete Venters	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	it	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	it	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	it	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	it	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	it	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	it	Pete Venters	—	—
Ravnica Remastered (RVR)	#463	rare	ja	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#564	rare	ja	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#312	rare	ja	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#397	rare	ja	Ron Spencer	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	ja	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#378	rare	ja	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	ja	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	ja	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	ja	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	ja	Pete Venters	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	ko	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	ko	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	pt	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	pt	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	pt	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	pt	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	pt	Pete Venters	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	ru	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	ru	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	ru	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	ru	Pete Venters	—	—
Ravnica Remastered (RVR)	#463	rare	zhs	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#397	rare	zhs	Ron Spencer	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#312	rare	zhs	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Double Masters 2022 (2X2)	#564	rare	zhs	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	zhs	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	zhs	Anthony Palumbo	—	—
Magic 2010 (M10)	#217	rare	zhs	Pete Venters	—	—
Tenth Edition (10E)	#338	rare	zhs	Pete Venters	—	—
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)	#158	rare	zhs	Pete Venters	—	—
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)	#257	rare	zht	Ovidio Cartagena	—	—
Return to Ravnica (RTR)	#231	rare	zht	Anthony Palumbo	—	—

Official Rulings (5)

wotc·Oct 1, 2012

Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." Triggered abilities and static abilities of the named card work normally.

wotc·Oct 1, 2009

Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.

wotc·Jun 1, 2005

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.

wotc·Jun 1, 2005

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.

wotc·Jun 1, 2005

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.