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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 (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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.35
13.73 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.44
0.07 tix
- 3 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Sunlance
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 2 Wilt-Leaf Liege
$0.19
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (21)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix - 2 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 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
- 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 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
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Divert
$2.42
0.27 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
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 (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.37 0.21 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.75 0.02 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.18 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.30 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.61 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Forest$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.30 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.45 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Circle of Protection: Red
$0.17
0.14 tix
- 1 Dawnstrider
$5.48
1.43 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.05
0.09 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 4 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 2 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (17)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.20
0.02 tix - 1 Intuition
$358.15
19.12 tix
- 4 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Research/Development
—
—
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Sapphire Charm
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Shaman of the Pack
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Dwynen's Elite
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Wren's Run Packmaster
$1.00
0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.05
0.09 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Envelop
$2.99
4.87 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 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
1
Final: 1 |
