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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 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.83 0.80 tix
- 4 Ifnir Deadlands$0.27 0.03 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Wastes$0.74 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 2 Break the Ice
$0.26
0.04 tix - 3 Damping Sphere
$1.07
1.48 tix - 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Dreams of Steel and Oil
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
- 1 Wasteland Strangler
$0.20
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (25)
- 4 Claws of Gix
$15.96
4.99 tix - 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lavaspur Boots
$1.12
0.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$17.66
0.62 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (24)
- 4 Claws of Gix
$15.96
4.99 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Lavaspur Boots
$1.12
0.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$17.66
0.62 tix
- 4 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Artifacts (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix - 1 Detect Intrusion
$1.86
0.82 tix
- 2 Galvanic Blast
$1.96
0.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Metallic Rebuke
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Strix Serenade
$1.58
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix - 3 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 3 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix - 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.66
0.07 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.25
7.83 tix
- 1 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 2 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
Lands (14)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.65 4.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (25)
- 4 Mana Drain$50.98 0.40 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.81 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Dismember$3.13 3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Overencumbered
$0.26
7.39 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Unable to Scream
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Cleansing
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Artifacts (31)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 3 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.29
1.09 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Artifacts (31)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 3 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.29
1.09 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (21)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
$17.92
3.40 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.54
5.74 tix - 1 Debt to the Deathless
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surge Node
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (19)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ray of Enfeeblement
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (23)
- 2 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$13.32
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
3.00 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 4 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.86 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Argentum Masticore
$0.30
0.02 tix - 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Elemental Blast
$0.35
0.03 tix - 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 2 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (2)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.31 0.90 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.32
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- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.24
0.47 tix
- 2 Thief of Existence
$0.24
0.06 tix
- 3 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 2 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
