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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
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
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
2
Final: 2 |
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
8
Final: 8 |
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
1
Final: 1 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Artifacts (29)
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 3 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
11.00 tix
- 3 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.36 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$20.93
0.02 tix - 1 Tangle Wire
$10.88
11.51 tix
- 1 Smokestack
$0.97
0.70 tix
- 3 Smokestack
$0.97
0.70 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 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 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 4 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 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 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 |
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
6
Final: 6 |
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
3
Final: 3 |
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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Chill
$0.62
11.55 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix - 1 Envelop
$2.99
4.87 tix
- 3 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 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 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.49 0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Through the Breach
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.32
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 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 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
