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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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix - 4 Shardless Agent
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Dream Stalker
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 4 Imperial Recruiter
$13.77
0.03 tix - 1 Parasitic Strix
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix - 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Cavern Harpy
$0.27
0.06 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 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 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 4.10 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Bloodbraid Elf
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Bone Shredder
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Minister of Pain
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blossoming Defense
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix - 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.51 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix - 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix - 1 Viridian Corrupter
$0.39
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 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
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Plague
$7.89
9.80 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rakdos Charm
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Vryn Wingmare
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.21
2.17 tix
- 2 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
13.73 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 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
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
$5.71
0.38 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.21
2.17 tix
- 2 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
13.73 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 3 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix
- 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (20)
- 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 Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 1 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 (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 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 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
2.05 tix
6
Final: 6 |
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
- 2 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mangara of Corondor
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.98
0.09 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Artifacts (33)
- 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 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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 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 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
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 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 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
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Artifacts (27)
- 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
- 4 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 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 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
$1.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Trygon Predator
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.65
0.02 tix
- 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
$4.67
0.23 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Queller
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
$1.65
0.02 tix
- 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.24 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
- 3 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
Sorceries (1)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 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 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
