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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
4
Final: 4 |
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
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
3
Final: 3 |
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 (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
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 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (23)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix - 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Chains of Mephistopheles
$1183.06
1.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Illness in the Ranks
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Propaganda
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
- 2 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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
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 (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 (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.98
0.09 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 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
- 2 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 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
- 2 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
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
- 2 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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Chains of Mephistopheles
$1183.06
1.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Illness in the Ranks
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Propaganda
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
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
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
4
Final: 4 |
