Magic: The Gathering · Promo Pack: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Pithing Needle

French name: Aiguille à sectionner

257Rare

Pithing Needle (Promo Pack: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 257) has a market price of US$0.44 to US$1.41 as of Nov 9, 2026.

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Price guide

The market price on TCGplayer, in US dollars: a guide, not an offer.

Market price

FoilUS$1.41Low US$0.49

NormalUS$0.44Low US$0.38

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 Promo Pack: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, a Magic: The Gathering set released Sep 24, 2021. Rarity: Rare. Finishes: Foil, Normal. Illustrated by Ovidio Cartagena. Reference market price on Nov 9, 2026: US$1.41 (Foil), US$0.44 (Normal). Over the last 30 days, the Foil price went down 6.6%. Source: TCGplayer market data via tcgcsv.com, updated daily. A reference price is not an offer.