Pithing Needle
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 378 • rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Collector number
- 378
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ovidio Cartagena
- Market price
- $0.53
What it does
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Pithing Needle was first introduced in the 2005 set Saviors of Kamigawa, but this specific iteration appeared in the 2021 expansion Innistrad: Midnight Hunt as a thematic reprint. The card serves as a tactical utility piece within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem, designed to neutralize activated abilities of permanents. Its inclusion in this set aligns with the gothic horror aesthetic of the Innistrad plane, providing a mechanical anchor for players to interact with the complex board states often found in the set's graveyard-focused environment.
The artwork for this specific printing was executed by Johannes Voss, who utilized the grim, moonlit color palette characteristic of the Midnight Hunt release. Voss aimed to capture the essence of a ritualistic tool, emphasizing the needle's cold, metallic nature against the mystical darkness of the setting. Upon its release, the card was widely received by competitive players as an essential sideboard option, valued for its low mana cost and its unique ability to disrupt opposing strategies across multiple competitive formats.
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