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Price & Buy

Normal
$1.82
Foil
$1.55

Prices updated Jul 13, 2026

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Pithing Needle 1 mana

Artifact

Pithing Needle appeared in 1,933 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 73 1.1 808 1.1
Modern 79 1 636 1
Legacy 21 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

Condescend ·Vintage Challenge · January 15, 2022 Vintage
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 7

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Fenrir18 ·Legacy Super Qualifier · January 15, 2022 Legacy
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 7

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TrueFuturism ·Legacy Challenge · January 09, 2022 Legacy
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

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YawgmothPT ·Legacy Challenge · January 09, 2022 Legacy
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 5

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HNmagician ·Modern Challenge · January 09, 2022 Modern
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 8

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Souze6 ·Modern Challenge · January 09, 2022 Modern
7

Final: 7 | Swiss: 5

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JowyCRO ·Modern Challenge · January 09, 2022 Modern
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 6

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Diem4x ·Modern Challenge · January 09, 2022 Modern
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 3

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Vertyx_ ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 2

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Artifacts (19)

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TrueHero ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
5

Final: 5 | Swiss: 5

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Tsubasa_Cat ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
7

Final: 7 | Swiss: 7

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Artifacts (19)

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travis8427 ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 1

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kanister ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 4

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karn_90 ·Vintage Challenge · January 09, 2022 Vintage
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

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JOANANTON ·Vintage Challenge · January 08, 2022 Vintage
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

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Vertyx_ ·Vintage Challenge · January 08, 2022 Vintage
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 7

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Artifacts (19)

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MaxMagicer ·Vintage Challenge · January 08, 2022 Vintage
7

Final: 7 | Swiss: 5

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TeferiBokaer ·Vintage Challenge · January 08, 2022 Vintage
5

Final: 5 | Swiss: 2

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Promidnightz ·Vintage Challenge · January 08, 2022 Vintage
3

Final: 3 | Swiss: 4

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HappySandwich ·Modern Challenge · January 08, 2022 Modern
5

Final: 5 | Swiss: 2

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