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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
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 (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (17)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Chromatic Lantern
$0.86
0.02 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
- 2 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix - 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.12
0.18 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.49
0.02 tix - 1 Mindslaver
$2.44
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Artifacts (15)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 All Is Dust
$4.73
5.11 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Orbs of Warding
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Staff of Nin
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 4 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 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 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 2 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix - 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Wren's Run Packmaster
$1.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.83
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.67
0.72 tix - 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.83
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$2.99
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.24
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Elderscale Wurm
$2.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Progenitus
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
- 3 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 2 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 (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (17)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Chromatic Lantern
$0.86
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
- 2 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Aegis of the Gods
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.12
0.18 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
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
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 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 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
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Destructive Revelry
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
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
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (25)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.66 0.02 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.87 0.80 tix
- 4 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 River of Tears$0.28 0.02 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
