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Pithing Needle

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Artifact

SLDSecret Lair Drop#44rare
Banned in Brawl
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Joshua Howard
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlBanned
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$2.74 low-$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.43· across 15 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$3.59+4.7%30D
30D range$3.39to$3.59Since Feb 2024:H $4.89L $2.36

Other printings

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Found in

1 productRounded odds
  • Secret Lair Drop Full Sleeves The Tattoo Pack

    Box Set · $52.72

    Nonfoil 1+ copies

Combos

Rulings

5 · latest Oct 1, 2012
  • WotCOct 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.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

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

  • WotCJun 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.

  • WotCJun 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.

  • WotCJun 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.