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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 (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
3
Final: 3 |
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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Shaman of the Pack
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Wren's Run Packmaster
$1.00
0.02 tix - 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix - 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 2 Llanowar Elves
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Eldrazi Mimic
$2.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Eldrazi Mimic
$2.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Matter Reshaper
$0.38
0.02 tix - 1 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.06
1.58 tix
- 3 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.06
1.58 tix
- 4 Reality Smasher
$1.24
0.02 tix
- 2 Blight Herder
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Oblivion Sower
$0.47
0.02 tix - 1 Oblivion Sower
$0.47
0.02 tix
- 2 World Breaker
$0.31
0.29 tix
- 4 Endless One
$0.81
0.02 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Lands (25)
- 3 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 2 Corrupted Crossroads$0.14 0.02 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.83 0.80 tix
- 3 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.15 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.15 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Llanowar Wastes$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Llanowar Wastes$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon$0.37 0.03 tix
- 2 Wastes$0.74 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Nature
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Fog
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Gut Shot
$4.87
0.03 tix - 1 Natural State
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$19.18
0.51 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.65
0.89 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (14)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.65
0.89 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (14)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 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 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.60
2.33 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.98
0.09 tix
- 1 Vandalblast
$1.10
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
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
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 4 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.51 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix
- 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 1 Elvish Mystic
$0.46
0.03 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.22
0.03 tix
