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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 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
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
- 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
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 3 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 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 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 (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (21)
- 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
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (18)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 3 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Precursor Golem
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 3 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 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
- 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 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 Swan Song
$8.48
0.20 tix
- 4 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
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
- 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
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 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
- 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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (21)
- 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
- 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
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
Lands (14)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 4 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 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 (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
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
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
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 (8)
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
Lands (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
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
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