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Pithing Needle 
Artifact
Pithing Needle appeared in 1,934 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.1 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $1.83.
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 | 68 | 1.1 | 808 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 77 | 1 | 637 | 1 |
| Legacy | 19 | 1 | 456 | 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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.13 3.48 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.62 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.08 1.80 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.51 0.17 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$4.98 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$14.14
0.20 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.25
4.90 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 3 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (17)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 4 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix - 2 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 1 Esika's Chariot
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Glass Casket
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.67
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.34
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix - 2 Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Vault$0.98 0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (24)
Instants (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Approach of the Second Sun
$3.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Mazemind Tome
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Natural State
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Path of Peril
$0.31
0.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Thought Distortion
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (22)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.67
0.03 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.15
0.52 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 The Chain Veil
$5.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Transmogrifying Wand
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Voracious Hydra
$0.27
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix - 3 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.74 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.20 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
12.57 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
- 4 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Archive Trap
$1.05
0.39 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
- 3 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
12.57 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 4 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Archive Trap
$1.05
0.39 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.98
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
- 2 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.15 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.15 tix
- 1 Dead Weight
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Ipnu Rivulet$0.29 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (18)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 2 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.74 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Bone Shards
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghirapur Aether Grid
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shenanigans
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (28)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.21
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Silence
$7.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 3 Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
$0.64
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 4 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.03
1.50 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
9.64 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Painter's Servant
$33.06
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
$0.27
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
- 4 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
9.64 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.23
8.56 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$41.77
0.02 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine$8.90 0.11 tix
