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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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 3 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix - 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.24
0.02 tix - 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.65 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.75
3.09 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 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
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Ghastly Demise
$0.17
0.04 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 Sudden Demise
$0.24
0.03 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 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
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$38.72
1.05 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.84 tix
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Illness in the Ranks
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Artifacts (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Orbs of Warding
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Platinum Angel
$9.17
0.02 tix - 2 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Spine of Ish Sah
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Hellkite
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (22)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.49 0.02 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.05 tix
- 1 Petals of Insight
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Show and Tell
$5.24
4.39 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Fire Covenant
$0.32
0.13 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Perish
$0.40
4.55 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Urborg Justice
$3.26
0.25 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 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
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
11.00 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Crucible of Worlds
$20.93
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
- 1 Coercive Portal
$9.83
0.02 tix
- 2 Staff of Nin
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Duplicant
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Hellkite
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.13 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
