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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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix - 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 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
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
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
- 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 - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.70
0.02 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 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
- 2 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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
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 (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
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
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 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 Rakdos Charm
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Slaughter Games
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
- 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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 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 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Artifacts (22)
- 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 2 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
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
- 4 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (23)
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 1 Censor
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.70
0.03 tix - 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pulverize
$1.11
1.80 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Young Pyromancer
$0.24
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
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
- 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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
- 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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 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 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (17)
- 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
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (17)
- 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
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Eldrazi Displacer
$1.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Vryn Wingmare
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 3 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Nausea
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
