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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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix - 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 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
- 1 Heritage Druid
$2.99
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 1 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.24
0.03 tix
Sorceries (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix - 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 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
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Worldspine Wurm
$2.78
0.02 tix
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
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Envelop
$2.99
4.87 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.35
0.06 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
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 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
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
4
Final: 4 |
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
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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (26)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 4 Vesuva$2.45 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.53
2.03 tix
- 2 Cursed Totem
$1.30
0.17 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 2 Swan Song
$8.08
0.27 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.30 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (11)
Lands (25)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.61 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (12)
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
- 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 Pernicious Deed
$3.14
10.90 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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.05 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 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 (9)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (25)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.45 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 2 Elephant Grass
$2.82
5.61 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
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 2 Swan Song
$8.08
0.27 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.30 tix
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