Lodestone Needle (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Medium Play Foil

Pinpoint Disruption

Lodestone Needle is a compact answer that fits into tempo and artifact shells. The card name signals its utility. With Flash and a low cost of {1}{U} you can ambush a threat on an opponent turn, tapping an artifact or creature and placing two stun counters to delay whatever matters most. In practical play that one extra turn of disruption frequently turns a losing exchange into a profitable sequence.

The craft mechanic gives this Lodestone Needle long game value. You can invest {2}{U} and a secondary artifact to return it transformed later, which rewards artifact synergy and graveyard recursion. For players who build around blink loops or sacrifice outlets the Needle is both a cheap interrupter and a recurring tool for incremental advantage in control and tempo lists in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan environment.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {1}{U}
• Card Type – Artifact
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flash When Lodestone Needle enters the battlefield, tap up to one target artifact or creature and put two stun counters on it. Craft with artifact 2 {2}{U}, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner s control. Craft only as a sorcery.
• Power / Toughness –