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Pithing Needle 
Artifact
Pithing Needle appeared in 1,939 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.1 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $1.82.
Oracle Text
As this artifact enters, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Pithing Needle, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 80 | 1.1 | 813 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 83 | 1 | 632 | 1 |
| Legacy | 22 | 1 | 461 | 1.1 |
| Pioneer | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 463
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Pithing Needle
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix - 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix - 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (20)
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix - 2 Mox Amber
$75.13
4.35 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Lavaspur Boots
$1.29
0.09 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Triumph of Saint Katherine
$3.12
23.39 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 3 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 4 Spire of Industry$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$14.15
0.22 tix
- 2 Whipflare
$0.26
0.71 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (27)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
- 4 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix - 4 Nettlecyst
$3.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 3 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant$5.08 0.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (18)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 4 Spire of Industry$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrenn and Six
$8.79
2.86 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Swan Song
$8.27
0.16 tix
- 1 Whipflare
$0.26
0.71 tix
- 1 Wrenn and Six
$8.79
2.86 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Swan Song
$8.27
0.16 tix
- 1 Whipflare
$0.26
0.71 tix
- 1 Wrenn and Six
$8.79
2.86 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite$0.40 0.04 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
$6.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Wrenn and Six
$8.79
2.86 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Thassa's Oracle
$21.62
0.07 tix
- 1 Wrenn and Six
$8.79
2.86 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 3 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
