Pithing Needle
Artifact
$0.63
Market price
$1.24
Foil
3
Public decks
Rules Text
The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.
Card Facts
Legality
Commander
LegalCompetitive Brawl
LegalDuel Commander
LegalGladiator
LegalHistoric
LegalLegacy
LegalModern
LegalOathbreaker
LegalPenny Dreadful
LegalPioneer
LegalPreDH
LegalTimeless
LegalTLR
LegalVintage
LegalBrawl
BannedAlchemy
Not legalFuture
Not legalOld School
Not legalPauper
Not legalPauper Commander
Not legalPremodern
Not legalStandard
Not legalStandard Brawl
Not legalRulings
- Oct 1, 2012 · Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." Triggered abilities and static abilities of the named card work normally.
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.
- Jun 1, 2005 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
- Jun 1, 2005 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
- Jun 1, 2005 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
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Decks using this card
3 public decks run Pithing Needle.
