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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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 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 - 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.83
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$2.99
0.23 tix
- 1 Llanowar Elves
$0.28
0.03 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
Sorceries (11)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 3 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 - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix - 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Piracy Charm
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix - 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Viridian Corrupter
$0.39
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.59 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Baneslayer Angel
$2.87
0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.59 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (18)
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Extirpate
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 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
0.19 tix
- 2 Serenity
$0.30
3.11 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Arc Trail
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.88
0.09 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 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
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disenchant
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
6
Final: 6 |
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
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
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
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Artifacts (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
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
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 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
4
Final: 4 |
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 (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
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Humility
$69.21
21.78 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 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
6
Final: 6 |
