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MG Magic: The Gathering · Prerelease Cards #257 R

Pithing Needle

$1.90 0.0% 7d Foil · market price · Sep 2, 2026
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Foil · market price
$1.32$1.66$2.01$2.35Feb 8Dec 16Oct 24Sep 2
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Card details

Number
257
Rarity
R
Type line
Artifact
Flavor text
Occasionally a skaab remembers too much of its former life. Luckily, there’s an easy cure.
Oracle 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.

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