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Price & Buy

Normal
$1.82
Foil
$1.55

Prices updated Jul 12, 2026

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Pithing Needle 1 mana

Artifact

Pithing Needle appeared in 1,937 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 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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Pithing Needle

Condescend ·Vintage Challenge · October 17, 2020 Vintage
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 2

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thepowernine ·Vintage Challenge · October 17, 2020 Vintage
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 3

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Sharkcaster_Mage ·Vintage Challenge · October 17, 2020 Vintage
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 7

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Sanchez5272 ·Vintage Challenge · October 17, 2020 Vintage
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 8

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into_play ·Legacy Challenge · October 17, 2020 Legacy
3

Final: 3 | Swiss: 3

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Cho_Manno ·Vintage Challenge · October 11, 2020 Vintage
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

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Cherryxman ·Vintage Challenge · October 11, 2020 Vintage
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 5

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i_dont_know ·Pioneer Challenge · October 10, 2020 Pioneer
7

Final: 7 | Swiss: 5

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Bryant_Cook ·Vintage Challenge · October 10, 2020 Vintage
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 1

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swengen ·Vintage Challenge · October 10, 2020 Vintage
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

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Instants (23)

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Murkyblack11 ·Vintage Challenge · October 04, 2020 Vintage
3

Final: 3 | Swiss: 1

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thepowernine ·Vintage Challenge · September 26, 2020 Vintage
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 1

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mmapson125 ·PAX Legacy Championship · September 20, 2020 Legacy
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 6

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grumsh ·Legacy Challenge · September 20, 2020 Legacy
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

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slow_brz ·PAX Modern Championship · September 20, 2020 Modern
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 6

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mathguy31415 ·PAX Modern Championship · September 20, 2020 Modern
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 2

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oskiyaa ·Legacy Challenge · September 20, 2020 Legacy
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

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Amiracle ·PAX Vintage Championship · September 20, 2020 Vintage
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

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AnziD ·PAX Vintage Championship · September 20, 2020 Vintage
5

Final: 5 | Swiss: 5

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