Magic: The Gathering · Prerelease Cards
Pithing Needle
French name: Aiguille à sectionner
Pithing Needle (Prerelease Cards 257) has a market price of US$1.78 as of Nov 9, 2026.
Price guide
The market price on TCGplayer, in US dollars: a guide, not an offer.
Market price
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 Prerelease Cards, a Magic: The Gathering set. Rarity: Rare. Finishes: Foil. Illustrated by Ovidio Cartagena. Reference market price on Nov 9, 2026: US$1.78. Over the last 30 days, the Foil price went down 3.3%. Source: TCGplayer market data via tcgcsv.com, updated daily. A reference price is not an offer.
Other printings
- Pithing Needle44Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions · US$86.89
- Pithing Needle158Saviors of Kamigawa · US$4.16
- Pithing Needle44Secret Lair Drop Series · US$4.12
- Pithing Needle (Foil Etched)564Double Masters 2022 · US$3.38
- Pithing Needle (Retro Frame)463Ravnica Remastered · US$1.66
- Pithing Needle (Borderless)397Double Masters 2022 · US$1.53
- Pithing Needle33810th Edition · US$1.37
- Pithing Needle257Innistrad: Double Feature · US$0.86
