New Posts For Thread: Pithing Needle Questionhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_QuestionI just want to be perfectly clear about Pithing Needle , since my friend uses it in his deck and I believe he's been using it wrong. It is only activated abilities that are effected by it (i.e. Tapping, paying mana,This was very helpful actually. Thank you!http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_Question?post_id=525011779#525011779This was very helpful actually. Thank you!Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:05:29 -0500Greater Gargadon has an activated ability that only functions from exile.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_Question?post_id=524996617#524996617Greater Gargadon has an activated ability that only functions from exile.Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:13:22 -0500To directly address some of the examples in the original post (though this should be obvious by now), Counterspell and Diabolic Tutor have no activated abilties and for that reason are totally unaffected by Pithing Needle. He can name them if he wanthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_Question?post_id=524994125#524994125To directly address some of the examples in the original post (though this should be obvious by now), Counterspell and Diabolic Tutor have no activated abilties and for that reason are totally unaffected by Pithing Needle. He can name them if he wantThu, 11 Oct 2012 15:55:26 -0500aha! I knew there was one! I stopped looking after I found Chain Lightning , thinking I had misremembered.So we have a full set for the stack! Lightning Bolt has a spell abilityhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_Question?post_id=524993697#524993697aha! I knew there was one! I stopped looking after I found Chain Lightning , thinking I had misremembered.So we have a full set for the stack! Lightning Bolt has a spell abilityThu, 11 Oct 2012 15:44:04 -0500there is even this crazy card , a spell with an activated abilityhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29427125/Pithing_Needle_Question?post_id=524993617#524993617there is even this crazy card , a spell with an activated abilityThu, 11 Oct 2012 15:41:48 -0500