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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 (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
- 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 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (20)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 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
- 3 Animation Module
$1.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Tangle Wire
$10.88
11.51 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
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 (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 4 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 4 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix - 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Artifacts (13)
- 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
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 4 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (21)
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 4 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
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 4 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Artifacts (32)
- 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 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 3 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 4 Tangle Wire
$10.88
11.51 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Bottled Cloister
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 3 Smokestack
$0.96
0.61 tix
Lands (23)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.05 tix
- 2 Inventors' Fair$15.30 0.02 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hangarback Walker
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Porcelain Legionnaire
$0.09
0.03 tix - 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.06 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.15
0.02 tix
- 3 Reality Smasher
$1.24
0.02 tix - 4 Toolcraft Exemplar
$0.24
0.02 tix
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 3 Smuggler's Copter
$0.58
0.03 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
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
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 3 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Mayor of Avabruck
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 4 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.15
0.02 tix
- 3 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 3 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.24 tix
- 4 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
Sorceries (1)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (21)
- 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
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 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 Candelabra of Tawnos
$2275.12
18.61 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.65
0.02 tix - 1 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.25
0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.27 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Treasure Cruise
$0.25
0.01 tix - 1 Vandalblast
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 3 Eldrazi Displacer
$1.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.15 tix
- 3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.15
0.02 tix
- 4 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.06
1.58 tix
- 3 Reality Smasher
$1.24
0.02 tix
Artifacts (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
