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Sorcerous SpyglassutilityBudget$0.30A direct functional cousin to Pithing Needle that also names a card and shuts off activated abilities, but it can still look at the opponent’s hand first. It is stronger information-wise, though it costs more.Phyrexian RevokerutilityBudget$0.33This is one of the closest creature-based equivalents to Pithing Needle, naming a card and preventing activated abilities from being activated. It is more vulnerable than an artifact, but it can also attack and block.Cursed Totemutility$7.51Like Pithing Needle, it suppresses activated abilities, but it does so globally for creatures rather than naming a specific card. It is often stronger in the right matchup but less precise.Null Rodutility$119.76A high-impact hate piece that shuts off activated abilities of artifacts, overlapping with Needle’s role as a universal activated-ability lock. It is much broader against artifact decks but narrower in what it hits.Damping MatrixutilityBudget$0.68This card serves a similar stax role by turning off activated abilities of artifacts and creatures unless they are mana abilities. It is less selective than Needle, but often hits a larger portion of a deck.The Tabernacle at Pendrell Valeutility$988.00While not a Needle variant, it is another permanent-based disruptive utility card that taxes opposing board presence and disables certain lines of play. It occupies a similar slot as a low-setup hate permanent.Needle SpiresutilityBudget$0.22Not functionally identical, but it is a low-cost utility land with a defensive role in decks that want flexible board impact. Included as a budget-ish alternative for colorless utility slots, though it does not stop abilities.Meddling Mageutility$2.22This plays a similar preemptive naming game by shutting off a chosen card name, though it stops casting rather than activated abilities. It is a close interactive analogue in creature form.
