Lodestone Needle (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Near Mint Foil

Precision Control from the Deep

Lodestone Needle from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is a compact answer tool that fits into tempo and artifact decks. Lodestone Needle has flash which gives it the flexibility to respond during an opponent turn. When it enters the battlefield you can tap a target artifact or creature and apply two stun counters, creating a window to disrupt an opponent combo or to buy time for a critical play.

The card also offers a recurring angle through its craft ability. Paying the craft cost and exiling another artifact you control or an artifact from your graveyard returns the card transformed. That interaction rewards decks that generate value from artifacts and graveyard recursion. In lore terms the Needle is a recovered mechanism of Ixalanan artificers designed to immobilize relics and beasts alike. Practical players will find it useful in control shells and artifact synergies where tempo and repeated disruption matter.

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}{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 –
• Loyalty –