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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
1
Final: 1 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix - 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (13)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.15 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Vesuva$2.36 0.02 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (16)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.49 0.02 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
$3.88
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Show and Tell
$5.31
4.39 tix
- 1 Tidespout Tyrant
$1.52
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix - 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 4 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.86
0.72 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Perish
$0.40
4.70 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Demise
$0.24
0.03 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Urborg Justice
$3.22
0.25 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 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
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 3 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 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Artifacts (23)
- 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
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Coercive Portal
$9.92
0.02 tix
- 2 Staff of Nin
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.12
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Hellkite
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (27)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 4 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Bitterblossom
$32.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Perish
$0.40
4.70 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Demise
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Urborg Justice
$3.22
0.25 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (25)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.29
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (1)
Artifacts (30)
- 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
- 3 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 2 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 4 Smokestack
$0.96
0.61 tix
- 2 Spine of Ish Sah
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (24)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.05 tix
- 2 Buried Ruin$0.38 0.03 tix
- 4 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 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
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Khalni Garden$0.92 1.11 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.36 tix
