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Pithing Needle 
Artifact
Pithing Needle appeared in 1,939 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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix - 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix - 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
$2.82
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix - 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix - 1 The Great Henge
$54.70
1.60 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix - 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
$0.32
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (11)
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 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 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
- 3 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
- 1 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 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine$8.87 0.12 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (24)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix - 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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
- 4 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 (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (24)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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
- 4 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 (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (15)
- 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
- 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
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Nimble Obstructionist
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Aligned Hedron Network
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere$1.11 1.12 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
$2.82
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent$0.35 0.02 tix
- 1 The Great Henge$54.70 1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix
- 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
$0.32
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Aethersphere Harvester
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Aligned Hedron Network
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Elder Gargaroth
$1.52
0.27 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 The Great Henge
$54.70
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix
- 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
$0.32
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (24)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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
- 4 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 (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (12)
- 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 Manifold Key
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.50
0.02 tix - 2 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (26)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Steely Resolve
$1.85
0.23 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.26
0.06 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix - 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Primeval Titan
$4.42
0.15 tix
- 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
$5.09
0.02 tix
- 4 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
Instants (10)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 3 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 2 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Piledriver
$3.28
0.17 tix
- 3 Mogg War Marshal
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.90
4.46 tix
- 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 2 Skirk Prospector
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
$0.39
0.02 tix
Instants (1)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.84 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 2 Robber of the Rich
$1.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Reckless Bushwhacker
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 3 Experiment One
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Experiment One
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Pelt Collector
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Voice of Resurgence
$1.62
0.08 tix
- 3 Voice of Resurgence
$1.62
0.08 tix
- 2 Zurgo Bellstriker
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Voltaic Brawler
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Burning-Tree Emissary
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Burning-Tree Emissary
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
$1.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
$1.56
0.02 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Aligned Hedron Network
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Elder Gargaroth
$1.52
0.27 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 The Great Henge
$54.70
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix
- 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
$0.32
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (24)
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 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Aligned Hedron Network
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Heart of Kiran
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Meteor Golem
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 The Great Henge
$54.70
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix
- 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
$0.32
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 3 Warping Wail
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 3 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
