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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 (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (21)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 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 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 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Izzet Signet
$0.34
0.01 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 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix - 1 Mindslaver
$2.57
0.02 tix - 1 Spine of Ish Sah
$0.25
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Jester's Cap
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Orb of Dreams
$2.72
0.02 tix
- 1 Platinum Angel
$9.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 4 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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
- 3 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyrostatic Pillar
$2.71
0.04 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
2
Final: 2 |
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Artifacts (28)
- 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
- 2 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Greaves
$3.66
0.02 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
- 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 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (19)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 4 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
$4.67
0.23 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.14
0.02 tix
- 3 Reflector Mage
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 4 Spell Queller
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.73 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 4 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
$4.67
0.23 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.14
0.02 tix
- 3 Reflector Mage
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 4 Spell Queller
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
$15.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.73 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 3 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
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 (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Artifacts (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
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 Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 3 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.30
3.11 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 3 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.03
13.69 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
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 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 3 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Planar Void
$4.44
2.24 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
