mtg cards like pithing needle Magic The Gathering - Ravnica Remastered - Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name cant be activated unless theyre mana abilities. Pithing Needle (Card) | EDHREC

Thanks to Whispers in the Well and powerful cards like Demona and Hades, thats unlikely to change anytime soon, and Blurple continues to be a meta relavent choice in the Whispers in the Well format

It'll usually buy you a turn from attacks and interaction, but discarding a card and skipping your draw step each turn is a steep cost to keep it around

Obviously it needs red mana and doesnt have the sacrifice ability

While not nearly as warping as its effect in Legacy and Modern, Verhey cited a slight fracturing between paper play and Magic Online play - the latter cannot support stickers in the same fashion as the physical TCG