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Pithing Needle 
Artifact
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 | 71 | 1 | 809 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 81 | 1 | 633 | 1 |
| Legacy | 23 | 1 | 461 | 1.1 |
| Pioneer | 1 | 1 | 27 | 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (11)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix - 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix - 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix - 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.38
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (18)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moat
$7.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 3 Arcbound Ravager
$2.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Arcbound Ravager
$2.30
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Foundry Inspector
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Lodestone Golem
$0.33
0.02 tix - 2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
$8.66
0.02 tix
- 3 Precursor Golem
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Myr Battlesphere
$0.23
0.02 tix - 4 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Artifacts (19)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 All Is Dust
$4.85
5.33 tix
- 1 All Is Dust
$4.85
5.33 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Hangarback Walker
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 3 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix - 2 Warping Wail
$0.42
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (20)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Precursor Golem
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (10)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Bitterblossom
$32.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.38
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 3 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 3 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
