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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 $1.82.
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 | 77 | 1.1 | 810 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 82 | 1 | 632 | 1 |
| Legacy | 22 | 1 | 459 | 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 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix - 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 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 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.50
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (9)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 2 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.89
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystic Repeal
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Stain the Mind
$0.18
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (20)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 3 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (19)
- 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
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.99 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Angel's Grace
$2.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (24)
- 2 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 1 Scavenger Grounds$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Sea Gate Wreckage$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 2 Wastes$0.70 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix - 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (24)
- 2 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 1 Radiant Fountain$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenger Grounds$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 2 Wastes$0.70 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Tumble Magnet
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Elixir of Immortality
$0.49
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 2 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Weather the Storm
$1.13
1.42 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
- 1 Words of Wisdom
$0.69
0.05 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Arcbound Ravager
$2.47
0.03 tix
- 3 Arcbound Ravager
$2.47
0.03 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Steel Overseer
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Chief of the Foundry
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 4 Foundry Inspector
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Lodestone Golem
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 3 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (20)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 3 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
