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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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (21)
- 1 Mishra's Bauble$1.64 0.02 tix
- 1 Claws of Gix
$15.96
4.99 tix - 2 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
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
- 2 Springleaf Drum
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Enchantments (3)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix - 2 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
$0.49
1.65 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 2 Galvanic Blast
$1.96
0.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Vandalblast
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Whipflare
$0.26
0.77 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 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 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lavaspur Boots
$1.12
0.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Springleaf Drum
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Cranial Plating
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (24)
- 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 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
- 4 Springleaf Drum
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 1 Cranial Plating
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.07
1.48 tix
- 1 Dismember$3.13 3.79 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix - 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 3 Thief of Existence
$0.24
0.06 tix - 2 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.06
1.58 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (30)
- 3 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 4 Crumbling Vestige$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Deeps$0.47 0.02 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gruul Turf$0.22 0.01 tix
- 1 Hanweir Battlements$1.86 0.02 tix
- 2 Lotus Field$2.32 0.27 tix
- 1 Mirrorpool$2.15 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.24 0.09 tix
- 3 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolaria West$0.44 0.39 tix
- 1 Urza's Cave$0.92 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Vesuva$2.36 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aftermath Analyst
$0.87
0.06 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$3.15
0.10 tix
- 3 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.88 tix
- 1 Green Sun's Zenith
$27.51
5.69 tix
- 1 Icetill Explorer
$14.76
1.36 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Six
$4.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Cityscape Leveler
$6.28
2.12 tix - 2 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 1 Extinguisher Battleship
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hedron Archive
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 The Filigree Sylex
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.27 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$6.98
1.54 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 1 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 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.38 1.53 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (2)
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
- 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
$35.68
6.06 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.88 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Serenity
$0.30
3.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.24
0.10 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Artifacts (22)
- 3 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
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
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
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 2 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.63
15.08 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 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.24 0.09 tix
- 2 Spymaster's Vault$0.92 0.02 tix
- 1 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
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (21)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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
- 1 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 (15)
- 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 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 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
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (22)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 2 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 4 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (15)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 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
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Instants (13)
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 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 3 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.54 tix
- 4 The One Ring
$90.29
1.09 tix
- 4 Coveted Jewel
$0.27
4.93 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
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 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
- 3 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.53 tix
- 1 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$51.25 0.61 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.77 1.18 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.83 0.80 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.90 1.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Firespout
$0.37
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 1 Kraza, the Swarm as One
$2.00
0.14 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Thief of Existence
$0.24
0.06 tix
- 2 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.06
1.58 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 2 Vexing Bauble
$2.09
5.00 tix
- 1 Warping Wail
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Wastescape Battlemage
$0.19
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (22)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 3 Gifts Ungiven
$5.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 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
- 4 Mana Drain
$50.98
0.40 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (15)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.32 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 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
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.45
26.97 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
