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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
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
8
Final: 8 |
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
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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
—
—
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 3 Dark Confidant
$3.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 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
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 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
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
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Dark Confidant
$3.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Sudden Demise
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 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
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind Harness
$0.34
0.07 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 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
—
—
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Destructive Revelry
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Envelop
$2.99
4.87 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 2 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
- 1 Academy Ruins$5.10 0.02 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.68 1.15 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Vault of Whispers$1.75 4.50 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Engineered Plague
$7.89
9.55 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Moat
$871.13
1.05 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Seal of Cleansing
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.83
20.28 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.88
0.09 tix
5
Final: 5 |
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
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.35
0.61 tix
- 1 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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 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
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Swan Song
$8.08
0.27 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
—
—
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Liliana of the Veil
$4.78
0.72 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.35
0.06 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 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
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 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 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
