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◇ Catalog #231

Pithing Needle

rtr·#231·rare·foil

Illus. Anthony Palumbo

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wishlisted

Oct '12

14 yr ago

Value

$1.32+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.37 · low $1.24

NM$1.32

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.22–$1.39modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.49low $0.02range 12350.0%n 535

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$1.32

Nonfoil$0.41

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.

The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.

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 $1.32. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.49 across 535 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — 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 #231 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica 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 Anthony Palumbo. Rarix catalogs 342 other cards credited to this artist.