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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
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 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 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 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 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (16)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Mana Confluence$34.10 0.42 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$5.01 0.02 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
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 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
$3.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix - 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Banisher Priest
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.06 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.15 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.21
2.17 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (9)
Lands (28)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 3 Gemstone Mine$1.99 9.58 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 4 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
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Glissa, the Traitor
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
- 1 Trygon Predator
$0.13
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
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 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (21)
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 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 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 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 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 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 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 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 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 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 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 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix