Pithing Needle
MTG Pithing Needle details and prices

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Basic information
- Mana Cost
- Rarity
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Rare
- Number
- #158
- Illustrator
- Pete Venters
- Edition
- Saviors of Kamigawa
Pithing Needle is legal in
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Total decks
(Last 365 days)
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47030
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Archetypes using it
(Last 365 days)
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501
View all archetypes - Versions
- This card has 16 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 HistoricWeekly 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
Latest decks playing Pithing Needle
A list of the most recent MTG decks using Pithing Needle available on MTG decks website.
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Selesnya Angels
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Mono-Green Devotion
By Munkit Loh
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Rakdos Midrange
By Ryan Ferries
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Waste Not
By Miguel Angel Ca...
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Rakdos Midrange
By Richie Ong
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Lotus Field Combo
By Jun Weng Lim
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Rakdos Midrange
By Jeremy Ong
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Mono-Green Devotion
By Rick hup beng L...
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Grixis tinker
By Jorgen Sorli
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Shops
By Johas Regensche...
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Jeskai Combo
By Bryan Dale
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8-Cast
By Kumao Yuugo
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Esika Control DC
By heckta1
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Hammer Time
By Isobe Shogo
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Green Devotion
By Matsuki Nao
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Angel
By Ichihara Kota
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Lotus Combo
By Kurioka Makoto
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Hammer Time
By Yoshida Kousuke
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Rakdos Midrange
By Rodney Oller
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Azorius Lotus Field
By Nathan Dorsey
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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.
Pioneer archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Pioneer Green Devotion |
795 | $533 |
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Pioneer Rakdos Midrange |
772 | $743 |
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Pioneer Lotus Field Combo |
358 | $411 |
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Pioneer Bring to Light |
163 | $628 |
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Pioneer Angels |
135 | $589 |
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Pioneer Mono Black |
87 | $584 |
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Pioneer Enigmatic Incarnation |
62 | $721 |
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Pioneer Sultai Rona |
53 | $791 |
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Pioneer Rakdos Sacrifice |
46 | $475 |
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Pioneer Boros Convoke |
46 | $349 |
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Modern archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Modern Hammer Time |
727 | $905 |
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Modern Mono Green Tron |
204 | $515 |
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Modern Hardened Scales |
187 | $779 |
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Modern Jund Saga |
178 | $1381 |
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Modern 8-Cast Affinity |
137 | $328 |
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Modern Jeskai Breach |
121 | $1180 |
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Modern Cookbook Reanimator |
121 | $759 |
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Modern Eldrazi Tron |
89 | $709 |
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Modern Thopter Control |
55 | $911 |
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Modern Mono Black Coffers |
37 | $630 |
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Legacy archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Legacy 8-Cast |
283 | $1322 |
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Legacy Painter Grindstone |
200 | $1471 |
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Legacy Lands.dec |
109 | $8165 |
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Legacy Cephalid Breakfast |
78 | $2379 |
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Legacy 12 Post |
70 | $2648 |
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Legacy Death & Taxes |
69 | $1002 |
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Legacy Dark Depths |
35 | $1737 |
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Legacy Smallpox |
31 | $3389 |
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Legacy Mono Black |
30 | $1444 |
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Legacy Reanimator |
29 | $2136 |
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Vintage archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Vintage Paradoxical Outcome |
226 | $23115 |
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Vintage Tinker |
210 | $18422 |
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Vintage Workshop |
135 | $27526 |
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Vintage UW Initiative |
57 | $15143 |
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Vintage Oath |
33 | $18173 |
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Vintage Goglin Engineer |
30 | $13391 |
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Vintage Jeskai Arcanist |
18 | $17215 |
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Vintage Mono White Initiative |
8 | $15801 |
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Vintage Death and Taxes |
7 | $17968 |
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Vintage Vault Key |
7 | $20548 |
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Explorer archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Explorer Mono Green |
133 | $542 |
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Explorer Rakdos Midrange |
106 | $702 |
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Explorer Angels |
62 | $597 |
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Explorer Rakdos Sacrifice |
24 | $426 |
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Explorer Mono Black Devotion |
23 | $560 |
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Explorer Gruul Vehicles |
16 | $347 |
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Explorer Boros Convoke |
13 | $265 |
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Explorer Elves |
10 | $254 |
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Explorer Jund Transmogrify |
9 | $611 |
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Explorer Red Deck Wins |
9 | $134 |
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Standard archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Standard Mono Blue Tempo |
63 | $71 |
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Standard Red Deck Wins |
11 | $89 |
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Standard Mardu Reanimator |
4 | $519 |
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Standard Azorius Mentor |
3 | $231 |
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Standard Jeskai Dragons |
2 | $431 |
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Standard Dimir Proliferate |
2 | $270 |
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Standard Selesnya Artifacts |
1 | $107 |
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Standard Boros Heroic |
1 | $113 |
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Standard Gruul Ramp |
1 | $351 |
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Standard Abzan Legends |
1 | $803 |
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Historic archetypes playing Pithing Needle
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Historic Mono Green Ramp |
24 | $515 |
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Historic Mardu Reanimator |
20 | $571 |
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Historic Bant Hammer |
10 | $684 |
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Historic Kethis Legends |
7 | $713 |
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Historic Mono Green Devotion |
6 | $490 |
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Historic Jund Midrange |
5 | $520 |
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Historic Azorius Artifacts |
4 | $394 |
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Historic Gruul Aggro |
4 | $290 |
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Historic Selesnya Equipments |
4 | $440 |
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Historic 4 Color Mizzix Ultimatum |
3 | $478 |
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Classic-Legacy archetypes playing Pithing Needle
Name | Decks | Price | |
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Classic-Legacy Countertop |
9 | $3966 |
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Classic-Legacy BUG Threshold |
3 | $3322 |
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Classic-Legacy Dredge |
2 | $2285 |
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Classic-Legacy Dark Depths |
2 | $4145 |
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Classic-Legacy UW Tempo |
2 | $1850 |
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Classic-Legacy Canadian Threshold |
1 | $2940 |
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Classic-Legacy Team America |
1 | $3808 |
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Classic-Legacy Shadow |
1 | $2517 |
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Classic-Legacy BW Mystic |
1 | $1425 |
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Classic-Legacy Doomsday |
1 | $3211 |
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Alchemy archetypes playing Pithing Needle
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Alchemy Bant Control |
2 | $347 |
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Alchemy Mono Black |
1 | $285 |
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Alchemy Izzet Dragons |
1 | $316 |
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Alchemy Elves |
1 | $370 |
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Thoughtseize Fatal PushPithing Needle quick FAQ
How many decks 🔢 are playing Pithing Needle?
What is 📊 MTG Pithing Needle current price?
- Cardhoarder: 📊 0.36 tixes
- Tcgplayer: 📊 $5.89
- Cardkingdom: 📊 $6.49
In which formats is Pithing Needle played?
Which decks in the current MTG metagame are playing Pithing Needle?
- Pioneer Green Devotion
- Pioneer Rakdos Midrange
- Pioneer Lotus Field Combo
- Modern Hammer Time
- Modern Mono Green Tron
- Modern Hardened Scales
- Legacy 8-Cast
- Legacy Painter Grindstone
- Legacy Lands.dec
- Vintage Paradoxical Outcome
- Vintage Tinker
- Vintage Workshop
- Explorer Mono Green
- Explorer Rakdos Midrange
- Explorer Angels
- Standard Mono Blue Tempo
- Standard Red Deck Wins
- Standard Mardu Reanimator
- Historic Mono Green Ramp
- Historic Mardu Reanimator
- Historic Bant Hammer
- Classic-Legacy Countertop
- Classic-Legacy BUG Threshold
- Classic-Legacy Dredge
- Alchemy Bant Control
- Alchemy Mono Black
- Alchemy Izzet Dragons