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Pithing Needle 
Pithing Needle appeared in 1,935 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
Format Legality
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
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Pithing Needle
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Phantasmal Image
$4.44
0.02 tix - 4 Rattlechains
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 3 Shacklegeist
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Supreme Phantom
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix - 3 Selfless Spirit
$0.38
0.09 tix
- 4 Drogskol Captain
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 4 Spell Queller
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 4 Mausoleum Wanderer
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Spectral Sailor
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 3 Unsettled Mariner
$5.40
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Moorland Haunt$0.14 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Seachrome Coast$0.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 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 (16)
- 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
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 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
- 2 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)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 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 - 1 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
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.08
0.35 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
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 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Mirage Mirror
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Helm of Obedience
$26.97
12.17 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 4 Rattlechains
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Shacklegeist
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Supreme Phantom
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Selfless Spirit
$0.38
0.09 tix
- 4 Drogskol Captain
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 4 Spell Queller
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Glasspool Mimic
$6.89
0.02 tix
- 4 Mausoleum Wanderer
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Spectral Sailor
$0.11
0.03 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Boil
$0.23
0.05 tix
- 1 Dragon's Claw
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Dreadbore
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
$5.14
0.02 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Slaughter Pact
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix - 1 Wall of Shards
$6.65
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (16)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of the Dead$29.77 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (12)
- 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 Opal
$234.22
16.14 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
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.50
0.02 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.65 0.98 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Treasure Cruise
$0.25
0.01 tix - 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 3 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
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 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
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 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Mirage Mirror
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 3 Helm of Obedience
$26.97
12.17 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
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
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 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
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Treasure Cruise
$0.25
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 4 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
