MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #102335

Pithing Needle

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#102335·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Ron Spencer

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '22

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,310 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.68

Nonfoil$1.68

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.

Phyrexians spent countless hours unsuccessfully trying to harvest and recreate blinkmoth serum.

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #102335 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the November 2022 Magic Online 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 Ron Spencer. Rarix catalogs 790 other cards credited to this artist.