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Magic · Return to Ravnica · #231 · Rare

Pithing Needle

Magic card price for Pithing Needle: $1.24 market, from $0.65 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$1.24
−3.9% this week · −4.6% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−4.6%
7 days−3.9%
30 days−4.6%
90 days−2.4%
1 year−30.7%
All time−74.6%

Sellers right now

$0.65lowest listing$15.99highest
Market price$1.24
Mid listing$1.49
Direct$0.70
30-day avg$1.29

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$1.24
Cardmarket$2.42 €2.15

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

One year

$1.2452-week low$1.7952-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$1.24
All-time high$4.89
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.17$1.89$3.61$5.34
$1.24
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Pithing Needle (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $4.89 and stands at $1.24 today, down 74.6% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −30.7%, trading between $1.24 and $1.79. The current price is near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $4.89, still 294% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.65, and the 30-day average market price is $1.29.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.24$0.65$15.99−3.9%
Normal$0.62$0.30$10.960.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, name a card.

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

Flavor

The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.

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 (257), Innistrad: Double Feature — Magic card price +5.9% 7d Pithing Needle Innistrad: Double Feature · #257 $5.18

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