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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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (17)
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
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (26)
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 4 Codex Shredder
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Ghoulcaller's Bell
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Lantern of Insight
$3.11
0.80 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Talisman of Dominance
$1.08
0.02 tix - 1 Talisman of Progress
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 3 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Glimmervoid$1.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Llanowar Wastes$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Sea Gate Wreckage$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Seachrome Coast$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 2 Delirium Skeins
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Extirpate
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix - 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (26)
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 4 Codex Shredder
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Ghoulcaller's Bell
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Lantern of Insight
$3.11
0.80 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Talisman of Dominance
$1.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Talisman of Progress
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 3 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Glimmervoid$1.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Llanowar Wastes$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Sea Gate Wreckage$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Seachrome Coast$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Delirium Skeins
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Extirpate
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 2 Caves of Koilos$0.51 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 4 Godless Shrine$8.72 0.03 tix
- 3 Isolated Chapel$0.32 0.02 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Vault of the Archangel$0.50 0.02 tix
- 1 Windbrisk Heights$0.24 0.02 tix
- 2 Windbrisk Heights$0.24 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Day of Judgment
$0.55
0.02 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Nevermore
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 3 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
- 4 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 1 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 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 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 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 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
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 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 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
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 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
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (21)
- 2 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 4 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (25)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (3)
Enchantments (25)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (26)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Sun Droplet
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.49 0.02 tix
- 4 Flagstones of Trokair$4.31 0.12 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.16 tix
- 1 Keldon Megaliths$0.35 0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 4 Temple of Triumph$0.16 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (3)
Enchantments (25)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (25)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (25)
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 4 Codex Shredder
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Ghoulcaller's Bell
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Lantern of Insight
$3.11
0.80 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 3 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
Lands (17)
- 1 Copperline Gorge$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Darksteel Citadel$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Glimmervoid$1.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (25)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Circle of Protection: Red
$0.17
0.16 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Sun Droplet
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
