The 2012 Magic: The Gathering Return to Ravnica Pithing Needle (Card #231) is a Rare foil artifact. Designed by Anthony Palumbo, this card features a mana cost of {1} and distinctive flavor text.
2012 • Magic: The Gathering • Return to Ravnica
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The 2012 Magic: The Gathering Return to Ravnica Pithing Needle (Card #231) is a Rare foil artifact. This card features a mana cost of {1} and includes flavor text: "The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward." The illustration is created by artist Anthony Palumbo.
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Pithing Needle
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Magic: The Gathering
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Anthony Palumbo
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English
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{1}
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The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.
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The mana cost for Pithing Needle is {1}, representing one generic mana.
The artwork for this card in the Return to Ravnica set was created by artist Anthony Palumbo.
Pithing Needle is numbered 231 in the Return to Ravnica set.
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