Pithing Needle Price
17 printings · 12 sets · first printed 2005
Pithing Needle has been printed 17 times across 12 sets, first in 2005 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #257 at $0.43, while the most expensive is Kaladesh Inventions #44 at $86.46 — about 201× more. The median across 15 priced printings is $1.35. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 17x, including dedicated reprint sets like Ravnica Remastered, Double Masters 2022.
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Every Pithing Needle Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #257 (R) Cheapest | 2021 | $0.43 | — |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #257p (R) | 2021 | $0.43 | $0.04 |
| Double Masters 2022 #312 (R) | 2022 | $0.49 | $0.16 foil |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #378 (R) | 2021 | $0.53 | $0.30 |
| Magic 2010 #217 (R) | 2009 | $0.55 | $1.40 foil |
| Return to Ravnica #231 (R) | 2012 | $0.62 | $0.06 |
| Innistrad: Double Feature #257 (R) | 2022 | $0.85 | $0.60 |
| Double Masters 2022 #397 (R) | 2022 | $1.35 | $1.60 |
| Tenth Edition #338 (R) | 2007 | $1.37 | $0.15 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #257s (R) Foil | 2021 | $1.84 | $0.65 foil |
| Ravnica Remastered #463 (R) | 2024 | $1.94 | $1.50 |
| Double Masters 2022 #564 (R) Foil | 2022 | $2.95 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #44 (R) | 2020 | $3.54 | $2.75 |
| Saviors of Kamigawa #158 (R) | 2005 | $4.22 | $2.00 |
| Kaladesh Inventions #44 (S) Foil | 2016 | $86.46 | $60.00 foil |
| Magic Online Promos #102335 (R) | 2022 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #94084 (R) | 2022 | — | — |
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Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 17 versions.
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Pithing Needle affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards. For example, a player can't cycle Eternal Dragon or return an Eternal Dragon from their graveyard to hand if Pithing Needle naming Eternal Dragon is on the battlefield.
Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.
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