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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
3
Final: 3 |
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 - 1 Paradox Engine
$6.41
0.06 tix
- 1 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (26)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 City of Traitors$46.79 18.66 tix
- 1 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 2 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 3 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.38 0.02 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Lands (28)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 3 Gemstone Mine$2.14 9.10 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
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
- 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
- 4 Tangle Wire
$10.88
10.72 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 2 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
- 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 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 (15)
- 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 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 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 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Artifacts (23)
- 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
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 3 Tangle Wire
$10.88
10.72 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
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 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (15)
- 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 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (25)
- 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
- 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 Pentad Prism
$0.29
0.03 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
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.41
0.06 tix
- 1 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
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 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Artifacts (25)
- 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
- 4 Tangle Wire
$10.88
10.72 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
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 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
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
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
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
- 4 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 4 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 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 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
Lands (15)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
