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Pithing Needle

15 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Pithing Needle, Ravnica Remastered printing
Ravnica Remastered RVR · No. 463 2024-01-12

Card text

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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.
EDHREC rank #6531 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 15 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✗ Banned
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2009-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Pithing Needle, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt printing
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
MID · #257
Rare
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Face to Face Games · Condition LP · Foil
Pithing Needle, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos printing
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
PMID · #257p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Pithing Needle, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos printing
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
PMID · #257s
Rare
∅ No QC price