Magic: The Gathering · Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Pithing Needle

French name: Aiguille à sectionner

257Rare

Pithing Needle (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 257) has a market price of US$0.40 to US$0.61 as of Nov 9, 2026.

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Market price

NormalUS$0.40Low US$0.27

FoilUS$0.61Low US$0.35

As of Nov 9, 2026 · The market price is TCGplayer’s, in US dollars. It is a guide, not an offer.

Card details

Type: Artifact
Mana cost: {1}
Artist: Ovidio Cartagena

Card 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.

Flavour text

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

About this card

Pithing Needle is card 257 in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, a Magic: The Gathering set released Sep 24, 2021. Rarity: Rare. Finishes: Normal, Foil. Illustrated by Ovidio Cartagena. Reference market price on Nov 9, 2026: US$0.40 (Normal), US$0.61 (Foil). Over the last 30 days, the Normal price went down 7.0%. Source: TCGplayer market data via tcgcsv.com, updated daily. A reference price is not an offer.