MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #44

Pithing Needle

mps·#44·special·foil

Illus. Joseph Meehan

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wishlisted

Sep '16

10 yr ago

Value

$77.22+$3 (+4.2%)

30 days high $80 · low $73

NM$77.2

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$71–$82modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $77low $1.97range 3823.4%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,310 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$77

Gameplay

Artifact

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlbanned

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2012-10-01wotc

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

2009-10-01wotc

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

2005-06-01wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $77.22. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.97 and $77.29 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MPS — the lineup includes Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #44 of *Kaladesh Inventions*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2016 Kaladesh Inventions release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at special. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play. Banned in Brawl.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,310 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Joseph Meehan. Rarix catalogs 303 other cards credited to this artist.