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Pithing Needle 
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
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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (5)
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 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Radiant Fountain$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Sea Gate Wreckage$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 3 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 - 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix - 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 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 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
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 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 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Fry
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Rabblemaster
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Sweltering Suns
$0.20
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (15)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Gilded Drake
$196.36
5.89 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyrostatic Pillar
$2.71
0.04 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix - 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Wildborn Preserver
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
$0.37
0.77 tix - 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 3 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
$1.98
0.04 tix
- 2 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 1 Llanowar Elves
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Sorceries (11)
Instants (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (25)
- 2 Castle Ardenvale$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Fabled Passage$1.01 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.52 0.02 tix
- 4 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 4 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Irrigated Farmland$0.21 0.02 tix
- 5 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 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
- 3 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 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (20)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Darksteel Citadel$1.00 0.01 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy$0.70 0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix - 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
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 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Radiant Fountain$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenger Grounds$0.31 0.02 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 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
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
- 1 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
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 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenger Grounds$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 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 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
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 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 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
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 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 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 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
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 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 (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 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
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 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 (25)
Sideboard
- 3 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.88
0.03 tix - 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
- 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 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
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Rite of Consumption
$2.39
0.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.26
0.06 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (26)
- 2 Castle Ardenvale$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 4 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 4 Irrigated Farmland$0.21 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
