Pithing Needle

MTG Pithing Needle details and prices

Pithing Needle by Pete Venters #158
Pithing Needle - Saviors of Kamigawa #158
SOK
Pithing Needle - Secret Lair Drop #44
SLD
Pithing Needle - Magic 2010 #217
M10
Pithing Needle - Return to Ravnica #231
RTR
Pithing Needle - Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #257p
PMID
Pithing Needle - Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #257
MID
Pithing Needle - Innistrad: Double Feature #257
DBL
Pithing Needle - Double Masters 2022 #312
2X2
Pithing Needle - Tenth Edition #338
10E
Pithing Needle - Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #378
MID
Pithing Needle - Double Masters 2022 #397
2X2 +
Pithing Needle - Ravnica Remastered #463
RVR
Pithing Needle - Magic Online Promos #94084
PRM
Pithing Needle - Magic Online Promos #102335
PRM
Pithing Needle - Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions #44
MPS
Pithing Needle - Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #257s
PMID
Pithing Needle - Double Masters 2022 #564
2X2
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Basic information

Mana Cost
Rarity
Rare
Number
#158
Illustrator
Pete Venters
Edition
Saviors of Kamigawa

Pithing Needle is legal in


Total decks
(Last 365 days)
70491
View recent decks
Combos
2 combos
Pithing Needle combos
Archetypes using it
(Last 365 days)
467
View all archetypes
Versions
This card has 17 different prints

Rules & flavor text

As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

Related Tags

Artifact Historic

Weekly Play volume (Last 52 weeks)

A value of 100 represents the peak popularity of the card, while a value of 50 means that the card is half as popular during that week.

Price trend

0.31 4.99

Latest decks playing Pithing Needle

A list of the most recent MTG decks using Pithing Needle available on MTG decks website.

Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By bless_von 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
1%
$15447
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By Lavaridge 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
9%
$14451
Other
X
BO3
Jewel Shops
By Nammersquats 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
33%
$19692
Other
X
BO3
Grixis Underworld Br...
By handsomePPZ 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
19%
$11030
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By Leviathan102 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
23%
$14582
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By TristanJWL 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
20%
$13964
Other
X
BO3
deck
By ETBJezus 
MTGO - Magic Online
MTGO Modern Last Chance #12621486
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
17%
$804
Other
X
BO3
Vein
By Numbskull 
MTGA - Magic Arena Arena Ladder
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
10%
$531
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By McWinSauce 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
2%
$15340
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By HouseOfManaMTG 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
20%
$14578
Other
X
BO3
Jewel Shops
By teichou_aisu 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
35%
$19821
Other
X
BO3
Grixis Underworld Br...
By boytriton 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
19%
$11030
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By Anonymous 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
14%
$14547
Other
X
BO3
Grixis Underworld Br...
By IamActuallyLvL1 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
19%
$15072
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By OKMV 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
4%
$15426
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By HanktheObese 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
23%
$14269
Other
X
BO3
(H) Rakdos Vampires
By yerffej03 
MTG
Historic Challenge
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
87%
$624
Other
X
BO3
Lurrus Saga
By Dr. Jon Osterma... 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
23%
$15279
Other
X
BO3
Prison Shops
By varal 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
7%
$26604
Other
X
BO3
Paradoxical Outcome
By Tunaktunak 
MTG
Vintage Last Chance 2024-03-19
19-Mar
SINGULARITY:
27%
$10166

Recent archetypes playing Pithing Needle

A list of archetypes playing Pithing Needle by format in the last 90 days according to our MTG decks database.

Modern archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Modern
Mono Green Tron
832 $778
Modern
Hardened Scales
710 $1052
Modern
Hammer Time
604 $825
Modern
Inti's Cookbook
235 $803
Modern
Rakdos Evoke
201 $1328
Modern
Izzet Murktide
180 $839
Modern
Jund Saga
161 $1347
Modern
Mono Black Coffers
122 $1267
Modern
8-Rack
118 $1022
Modern
Thopter Control
89 $1035

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Vintage archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Vintage
Workshop
472 $21008
Vintage
Dimir Bowmasters
321 $15063
Vintage
UW Control
206 $12013
Vintage
Paradoxical Outcome
147 $13622
Vintage
Tinker
117 $14022
Vintage
Grixis Breach
44 $12603
Vintage
Merfolks
29 $19091
Vintage
Hollow Vine
19 $15217
Vintage
Doomsday
19 $12251
Vintage
BUG
15 $14040

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Legacy archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Legacy
Lands.dec
316 $7768
Legacy
Painter Grindstone
219 $1460
Legacy
8-Cast
200 $1346
Legacy
12 Post
84 $2602
Legacy
Cephalid Breakfast
62 $1953
Legacy
Mono Black Helm
32 $1729
Legacy
Mono Black Evoke
30 $1353
Legacy
Dark Depths
29 $2110
Legacy
Reanimator
25 $1933
Legacy
Maverick
18 $1975

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Pioneer archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Pioneer
Mono Black
165 $559
Pioneer
Golgari Midrange
25 $591
Pioneer
Azorius Control
10 $312
Pioneer
Rakdos Midrange
9 $694
Pioneer
Angels
8 $412
Pioneer
Ensoul Artifacts
8 $266
Pioneer
Azorius Powerstones
6 $233
Pioneer
Green Devotion
6 $419
Pioneer
Lotus Field Combo
6 $419
Pioneer
Izzet Emerge
5 $314

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Timeless archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Timeless
Mono Black
46 $848
Timeless
Jund Midrange
37 $987
Timeless
Zoo
20 $860
Timeless
Rakdos Breach Storm
17 $925
Timeless
Titan Field
17 $745
Timeless
4 Color Uro
16 $1101
Timeless
Rakdos Midrange
15 $1248
Timeless
Golgari Yawgmoth
15 $1098
Timeless
Sultai Reclamation
14 $947
Timeless
Rakdos Lurrus
14 $780

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Historic archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Historic
Mono Green Devotion
27 $407
Historic
Izzet Wizards
15 $315
Historic
Jeskai Control
8 $364
Historic
Bant Hammer
6 $566
Historic
Gates
5 $194
Historic
Humans
4 $410
Historic
Esper Control
4 $585
Historic
Phoenix Red
4 $147
Historic
Rakdos Vampires
4 $588
Historic
Golgari Vampires
3 $596

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Standard archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Standard
Dimir Crime
18 $475
Standard
Mono Black
12 $553
Standard
Boros Bombardment
3 $232
Standard
Red Deck Wins
3 $81
Standard
Azorius Control
3 $398
Standard
Rakdos Midrange
2 $458
Standard
Boros Control
2 $413
Standard
Mono Blue Tempo
2 $60
Standard
Grixis Descend
1 $484
Standard
Golgari Midrange
1 $624

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Explorer archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Explorer
Rakdos Vampires
6 $730
Explorer
Mono Green
4 $558
Explorer
Angels
3 $530
Explorer
Gruul Vehicles
3 $280
Explorer
Mono Black Devotion
2 $452
Explorer
Mono Black Midrange
1 $621
Explorer
Naya Convoke
1 $392
Explorer
Rakdos Midrange
1 $602
Explorer
Dimir Control
1 $360
Explorer
Elves
1 $528

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Classic-Legacy archetypes playing Pithing Needle

Name Decks Price
Classic-Legacy
Countertop
2 $2725
Classic-Legacy
Dark Depths
1 $4183
Classic-Legacy
Merfolks
1 $271
Classic-Legacy
Dredge
1 $2349
Classic-Legacy
Faeries
1 $2439
Classic-Legacy
Tezzeret Control
1 $4544
Classic-Legacy
Tin Fins
1 $3562

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

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Pithing Needle quick FAQ

How many decks 🔢 are playing Pithing Needle?

Pithing Needle has been played in more than 20 decks in the last year. Get the decklists and prices in our site ☝️

What is 📊 MTG Pithing Needle current price?

The current price is:
  • Cardhoarder: 📊 0.31 tixes
  • Tcgplayer: 📊 $4.89
  • Cardkingdom: 📊 $4.99
Get the decklists and historic pricing charts in our site ☝️

In which formats is Pithing Needle played?

It is currently being played in the last year in Modern, Vintage, Legacy, Pioneer, Timeless, Historic, Standard, Explorer, and Classic-Legacy Get the decklists and prices our site ☝️

Which decks in the current MTG metagame are playing Pithing Needle?

The top 3 archetypes using Pithing Needle are:
  • Modern Mono Green Tron
  • Modern Hardened Scales
  • Modern Hammer Time
  • Vintage Workshop
  • Vintage Dimir Bowmasters
  • Vintage UW Control
  • Legacy Lands.dec
  • Legacy Painter Grindstone
  • Legacy 8-Cast
  • Pioneer Mono Black
  • Pioneer Golgari Midrange
  • Pioneer Azorius Control
  • Timeless Mono Black
  • Timeless Jund Midrange
  • Timeless Zoo
  • Historic Mono Green Devotion
  • Historic Izzet Wizards
  • Historic Jeskai Control
  • Standard Dimir Crime
  • Standard Mono Black
  • Standard Boros Bombardment
  • Explorer Rakdos Vampires
  • Explorer Mono Green
  • Explorer Angels
  • Classic-Legacy Countertop
  • Classic-Legacy Dark Depths
  • Classic-Legacy Merfolks
Get all the archetypes and decklists in our site ☝️

Pithing Needle in the current metagame

Last update: 2024-03-18