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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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix - 4 Eldrazi Displacer
$1.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.10
1.64 tix - 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix - 1 Lodestone Golem
$0.33
0.02 tix - 4 Reality Smasher
$1.24
0.03 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 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 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 (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (12)
- 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
Planeswalkers (1)
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 - 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
- 1 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 4 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 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
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (10)
- 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (12)
- 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
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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
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 (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (12)
- 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
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Sen Triplets
$8.89
0.02 tix
- 1 Scrap Trawler
$1.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindless Automaton
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Karn, Silver Golem
$7.33
0.03 tix - 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
- 1 Myr Battlesphere
$0.23
0.02 tix - 4 Goblin Welder
$22.01
5.06 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (3)
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
- 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 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Spine of Ish Sah
$0.25
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Glimmervoid$1.73 0.02 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Tower$25.29 1.02 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancestral Vision$0.30 0.06 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix - 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.43
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.73 tix - 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.82
0.06 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.08 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.70 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 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 Gush
$2.52
0.04 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
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 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
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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 (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
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 4 Smokestack
$0.97
0.53 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
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
Enchantments (1)
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
- 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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