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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 | 634 | 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 (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix - 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix - 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix - 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (17)
Lands (23)
- 1 Academy Ruins$5.10 0.02 tix
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 1 Darkwater Catacombs$0.25 0.29 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.68 1.15 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mangara of Corondor
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 3 Vryn Wingmare
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Vryn Wingmare
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.41
2.17 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.41
2.17 tix
- 3 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Lands (22)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$236.49
17.01 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 3 Sensei's Divining Top
$38.72
1.05 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.84 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.74
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Extirpate
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Hammer Mage
$0.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.30
3.11 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
- 3 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.27 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.89 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Slice and Dice
$0.14
0.04 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.59 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Divert
$2.42
0.27 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.59 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Academy Ruins$5.10 0.02 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
$6.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Bitterblossom
$32.75
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
3.09 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Plague
$7.89
9.55 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 4 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Divert
$2.42
0.27 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 4 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.61 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 4 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 2 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.59 tix
