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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
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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (20)
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.15 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.90 1.02 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 3 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
- 2 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix - 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 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 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Dark Confidant
$3.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Scryb Ranger
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.65
0.02 tix
- 2 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.65
0.02 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
$0.71
0.02 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.24 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
- 1 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.21
2.17 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.72 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.16 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Savannah$194.99 3.51 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 3 Chill
$0.62
11.55 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
0.02 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 2 Shardless Agent
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Shardless Agent
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Dream Stalker
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Imperial Recruiter
$13.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Parasitic Strix
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Cavern Harpy
$0.27
0.06 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 4.10 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
- 3 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 3 Chill
$0.62
11.55 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.72
0.02 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 2 Drown in Sorrow
$0.17
0.96 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Funeral Charm
$0.44
2.15 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Tombstalker
$0.27
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Master Transmuter
$4.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Triskelion
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Myr Battlesphere
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Sundering Titan
$0.77
0.02 tix - 2 Goblin Welder
$21.61
5.06 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 4 Chromatic Lantern
$0.86
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 2 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.18 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
