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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 (26)
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix - 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix - 2 Imperial Recruiter
$13.71
0.03 tix - 3 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Vryn Wingmare
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.41
2.17 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Artifacts (27)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 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
- 4 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
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (20)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (25)
- 2 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cinder Glade$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 4 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle$10.04 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Counterflux
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Crumble to Dust
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.62
0.06 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Obstinate Baloth
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shatterstorm
$0.30
0.15 tix
- 1 Slaughter Games
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
$0.71
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
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
2
Final: 2 |
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 (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 2 Candelabra of Tawnos
$2275.12
19.53 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 2 Moment's Peace
$2.17
7.48 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
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 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 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
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.05 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 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 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Woodland Cemetery$0.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
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
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Mangara of Corondor
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.41
2.17 tix
- 2 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 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
3
Final: 3 |
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 (12)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (21)
- 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 Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$38.72
1.05 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$20.93
0.02 tix
- 3 Tangle Wire
$10.88
11.51 tix
Lands (24)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.37 0.21 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.69 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.65 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.34 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
