Pithing Needle

set	min	mtgo
-	6.70	0.02 tix

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Name	Pithing Needle
Type	Artifact
Description	As Pithing Needle enters, choose a card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Flavor	Les craintifs veulent subir l'opération avant un festival de sang. Les coupables, après.
Artist	Anthony Palumbo
Set	Ravnica Remastered #463
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Pithing Needle

Pithing Needle, Artifact, designed by Pete Venters first released in Jun, 2005 in the set Saviors of Kamigawa and was printed exactly in 17 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 6.70.

Pithing Needle is a versatile card that can be beneficial in any deck looking to shut down specific activated abilities, such as planeswalker abilities or powerful creature abilities. While it can be effective in certain matchups, there are arguably better options like Sorcerous Spyglass or Phyrexian Revoker, which have additional utility. Whether Pithing Needle sees play ultimately depends on the specific metagame and the prevalence of activated abilities that need to be shut down.

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10/01/12

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

06/01/05

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.

06/01/05

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.