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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 | 71 | 1 | 809 | 1.1 |
| Modern | 81 | 1 | 633 | 1 |
| Legacy | 23 | 1 | 461 | 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 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.34
1.28 tix - 1 Painter's Servant
$32.82
0.02 tix - 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Akal Pakal, First Among Equals
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Tribute Mage
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinket Mage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$13.55
0.26 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.12
0.02 tix - 1 Torrential Gearhulk
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.11 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
- 1 Lose Focus$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.30
4.61 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.25
7.83 tix
- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.19
0.09 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Mystic Confluence
$0.42
0.40 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.24
0.01 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.29
0.34 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Disruption Protocol
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Whir of Invention
$5.04
0.02 tix
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Lotus Bloom$4.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Mox Tantalite$11.59 0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Talisman$0.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix - 1 Urza's Bauble
$5.31
13.28 tix
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.11
1.40 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Stone of Erech
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Cryogen Relic
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Winter Moon
$0.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.36 tix
- 1 Repurposing Bay
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Vedalken Shackles
$7.66
0.02 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Throne of Eldraine
$30.79
0.24 tix
- 1 Arcum's Astrolabe
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Moonsnare Prototype
$0.26
0.03 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.31 0.90 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.64 1.09 tix
- 22 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Urza's Cave$0.92 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 War Room$2.44 4.80 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.29 1.90 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.65 4.12 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.51 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Artifacts (24)
- 4 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.59 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Candelabra of Tawnos
$2275.12
18.61 tix
- 4 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 2 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.29
1.09 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.48
0.06 tix
- 1 Perilous Snare
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 3 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 3 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Long Goodbye$0.21 0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 2 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (18)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 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 Opal
$234.22
16.59 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 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (15)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.67 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.65
0.02 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.27 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (22)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Brain Freeze
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 2 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (14)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.26 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
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Forth Eorlingas!
$3.54
11.05 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Artifacts (25)
- 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
- 2 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
- 2 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 (20)
- 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 Swamp$0.09 0.01 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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.12
0.02 tix
- 1 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (20)
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.83 0.80 tix
- 4 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.08 11.50 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cityscape Leveler
$6.28
2.12 tix - 1 Damping Sphere
$1.07
1.48 tix
- 2 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship$1.77 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 The Filigree Sylex
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$6.98
1.54 tix
- 1 Worn Powerstone
$0.28
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 4 Eumidian Hatchery$0.32 14.71 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.38 1.53 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 4 Eumidian Hatchery$0.32 14.71 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.38 1.53 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute$1.29 3.42 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Artifacts (31)
- 1 Vexing Bauble$2.09 5.00 tix
- 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
- 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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Artifacts (31)
- 1 Vexing Bauble$2.09 5.00 tix
- 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
- 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
