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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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (24)
- 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
- 2 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
- 2 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 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix - 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Talisman of Dominance
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix - 1 Oracle's Vault
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Oracle's Vault
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix - 2 Paradox Engine
$6.41
0.06 tix
Lands (14)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix - 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (13)
- 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 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
- 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 (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
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 (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 4 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 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 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (14)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.70
0.02 tix - 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 2 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix - 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (14)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.70
0.02 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.71
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.47
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (17)
Artifacts (17)
- 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 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Gemstone Mine$2.14 9.10 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Failure/Comply
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Flesh/Blood
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
$1.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Scarscale Ritual
$0.13
0.03 tix - 1 Silence
$7.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Swan Song
$8.48
0.20 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Circle of Protection: Black
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 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 Moat
$7.23
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 Welding Jar
$1.38
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.71
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.47
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (17)
Artifacts (17)
- 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 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (13)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.70
0.02 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix