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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 | 67 | 1 | 805 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 81 | 1 | 632 | 1 |
| Legacy | 23 | 1 | 462 | 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 (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Etched Champion
$0.37
0.02 tix - 1 Etched Champion
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix - 2 Whipflare
$0.26
0.77 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Shaman of the Pack
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Dwynen's Elite
$0.10
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 - 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Bitterblossom
$32.83
0.02 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.75
3.18 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (29)
- 2 Lotus Bloom$4.38 0.02 tix
- 4 Chromatic Sphere
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Chromatic Star
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Conjurer's Bauble
$1.57
0.16 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 3 Terrarion
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 4 Ichor Wellspring
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 4 Mind Stone
$0.28
0.04 tix
- 4 Krark-Clan Ironworks
$11.98
0.11 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (24)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
$5.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Wall of Roots
$0.21
3.31 tix
- 1 Wall of Roots
$0.21
3.31 tix
- 4 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 4 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix - 1 Fiend Hunter
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Murderous Redcap
$1.11
0.03 tix - 3 Viscera Seer
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 4 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 3 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.24 tix
- 2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
$0.20
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gavony Township$4.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.72 0.03 tix
- 2 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.16 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.60
2.33 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Vandalblast
$1.10
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
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 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Etched Champion
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghirapur Aether Grid
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Stain the Mind
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 2 Stubborn Denial
$3.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
- 1 Whipflare
$0.26
0.77 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
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 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.60
2.33 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Vandalblast
$1.10
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
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
- 3 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix
- 3 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
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Elderscale Wurm
$2.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Progenitus
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
