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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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix - 2 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix - 3 Dispatch
$0.22
0.03 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.98
0.02 tix - 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.39 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.39 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (22)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Cascading Cataracts$1.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 3 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 2 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Basilisk Collar
$4.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Oblivion Stone
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 3 Hushbringer
$0.52
0.02 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.14 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$27.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Sword of War and Peace
$9.91
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (16)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$41.77
0.02 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
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
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.13 3.48 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.08 1.80 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$14.14
0.20 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chromatic Star
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.15
0.52 tix
- 1 Sword of the Meek
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Talisman of Progress
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaldra Compleat
$8.00
0.12 tix - 4 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Thopter Foundry
$0.18
0.02 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Darksteel Citadel$1.02 0.01 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.62 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.08 1.80 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Razortide Bridge$0.27 0.03 tix
- 4 Seachrome Coast$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.14 tix
- 3 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$27.98
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 4 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 3 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.22 tix
- 3 Graven Cairns$1.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep$14.78 0.02 tix
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse$35.46 0.02 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.38 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.43 0.15 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.13 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 1 Boil
$0.23
0.05 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
- 2 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.23
8.56 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 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 Sundering Titan
$0.78
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
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Artifacts (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 3 Dispatch
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.39 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.47 0.02 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.47 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.32 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground$9.89 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.43 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 3 Hushbringer
$0.52
0.02 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.39 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.14 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 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
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
- 2 Weather the Storm
$1.10
1.96 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
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
- 2 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
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 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 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
- 3 Arcum's Astrolabe
$0.26
0.03 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Goblin Recruiter
$6.46
1.80 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
$2.65
0.01 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
$13.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.70
4.46 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.33
1.79 tix
- 2 Skirk Prospector
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Torch Courier
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 4 Conspicuous Snoop
$3.63
0.02 tix
