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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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix - 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix - 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ray of Revelation
$0.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Glissa, the Traitor
$3.35
0.02 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Trygon Predator
$0.13
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 4 Tangle Wire
$10.88
11.51 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
$0.54
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ray of Revelation
$0.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
- 2 Impulse
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.89 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 2 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Seal of Cleansing
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 3 Illness in the Ranks
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
