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Magic · Innistrad: Double Feature · #257 · Rare

Pithing Needle

Magic card price for Pithing Needle: $5.18 market, from $4.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$5.18
+6.4% this week · +0.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+6.4%
30 days+0.6%
90 days+8.4%
1 year+4.7%
All time−46.2%

Sellers right now

$4.00lowest listing$30.07highest
Market price$5.18
Mid listing$7.74
Direct$15.74
30-day avg$4.95

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$5.18
Cardmarket$4.17 €3.71

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$4.7852-week low$5.1952-week high
In the range98%
All-time low$4.38
All-time high$9.63
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$4.76$4.91$5.07$5.23
$5.18
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Pithing Needle (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $9.63 and stands at $5.18 today, down 46.2% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +4.7%, trading between $4.78 and $5.19. The current price is near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $9.63, 85.9% above today. Listings currently start at $4.00; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $4.95.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$5.18$4.00$30.07+6.4%
Normal$0.85$0.49$8.830.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, choose a card name.

Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can’t be activated unless they’re mana abilities.

Flavor

Occasionally a skaab remembers too much of its former life. Luckily, there’s an easy cure.

Other printings of Pithing Needle

14 more · $0.51 – $86.46
All printings
Pithing Needle (44), Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions — Magic card price +0.4% 7d Pithing Needle Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions · #44 $86.46 Pithing Needle (158), Saviors of Kamigawa — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Pithing Needle Saviors of Kamigawa · #158 $49.00 Pithing Needle (338), 10th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Pithing Needle 10th Edition · #338 $8.78 Pithing Needle (217), Magic 2010 (M10) — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Pithing Needle Magic 2010 (M10) · #217 $5.43 Pithing Needle (44), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +3.7% 7d Pithing Needle Secret Lair Drop Series · #44 $3.67

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