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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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Lands (19)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 3 Great Furnace$2.15 8.44 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 3 Seat of the Synod$0.64 1.09 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix - 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (5)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
- 1 Dust Bowl$0.88 0.20 tix
- 2 Faerie Conclave$0.52 0.03 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 2 Wandering Fumarole$0.30 0.02 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 2 Faerie Conclave$0.52 0.03 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Wandering Fumarole$0.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Keranos, God of Storms
$11.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 3 Great Furnace$2.15 8.44 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 3 Seat of the Synod$0.64 1.09 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.50
0.02 tix - 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (14)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Destructive Revelry
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
