Pithing Needle
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.
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Rulings
5- 2005-06-01
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
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
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.
- 2009-10-01
Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.
- 2012-10-01
Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." Triggered abilities and static abilities of the named card work normally.
Versions
17| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVRRavnica Remastered | 463 | 2024 | Rare | Anthony Palumbo |
| 2X2Double Masters 2022 | 312 | 2022 | Rare | Anthony Palumbo |
| 2X2Double Masters 2022 | 397 | 2022 | Rare | Ron Spencer |
| 2X2Double Masters 2022 | 564 | 2022 | Rare | Anthony Palumbo |
| DBLInnistrad: Double Feature | 257 | 2022 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
| MIDInnistrad: Midnight Hunt | 257 | 2021 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
| MIDInnistrad: Midnight Hunt | 378 | 2021 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
| PMIDInnistrad: Midnight Hunt PromosPromo | MX-6128 | 2021 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
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| PMIDInnistrad: Midnight Hunt PromosPromo | MX-6129 | 2021 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
| SLDSecret Lair Drop | 44 | 2019 | Rare | Joshua Howard |
| MPSKaladesh Inventions | 44 | 2016 | Special | Joseph Meehan |
| RTRReturn to Ravnica | 231 | 2012 | Rare | Anthony Palumbo |
| M10Magic 2010 | 217 | 2009 | Rare | Pete Venters |
| 10ETenth Edition | 338 | 2007 | Rare | Pete Venters |
| SOKSaviors of Kamigawa | 158 | 2005 | Rare | Pete Venters |
| PRMMagic Online PromosPromoOnline | 94084 | 2002 | Rare | Ovidio Cartagena |
| PRMMagic Online PromosPromoOnline | 102335 | 2002 | Rare | Ron Spencer |