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◇ Catalog #257s

Pithing Needle

pmid·#257s·rare·foil

Illus. Ovidio Cartagena

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Sep '21

4 yr ago

Value

$2.65+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.71 · low $1.56

NM$1.65

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.52–$1.74modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.65low $1.59range 3.8%n 53

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$1.65

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.

Occasionally a skaab remembers too much of its former life. Luckily, there's an easy cure.

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 $1.65. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.59 and $1.65 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PMID — 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 #257s of *Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the September 2021 Innistrad: Midnight Hunt release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. 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 Ovidio Cartagena. Rarix catalogs 58 other cards credited to this artist.