---
name: "Pithing Needle"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "257"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ovidio Cartagena"
oracle_id: "a188fe7e-68de-4c7c-806c-bfe8fc7b44bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pithing-needle-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pithing Needle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
As this artifact enters, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

> *Иногда скааб слишком много вспоминает о своей прежней жизни. К счастью, для этого есть простое средство.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Revoker](/printing/phyrexian-revoker-brr.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
2. [Null Rod](/printing/null-rod-vma.md) — Artifact
3. [Sorcerous Spyglass](/printing/sorcerous-spyglass-fdn.md) — Artifact
4. [Stony Silence](/printing/stony-silence-mb2.md) — Enchantment
5. [Nevermore](/printing/nevermore-isd.md) — Enchantment
6. [Gideon's Intervention](/printing/gideons-intervention-akh.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #257
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ovidio Cartagena
- **Total Printings:** 79 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`