Pithing Needle (Modern)
Pithing Needle appears in 17.4% of Modern decks in the last 7 days (73 decks), averaging 1.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Golgari Broodscale.
Share of decks
17.4%
▲ 0.3
vs previous 7 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
73
36 main, 40 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
57%
21 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 14.1% |
| 2026-08-17 | 17.1% |
| 2026-08-24 | 17.8% |
| 2026-08-31 | 20.7% |
| 2026-09-07 | 18.8% |
| 2026-09-14 | 21.0% |
| 2026-09-21 | 23.7% |
| 2026-09-28 | 17.4% |
| 2026-10-05 | 16.8% |
| 2026-10-12 | 13.4% |
| 2026-10-19 | 17.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 17.4% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Urza's Saga | 100% | 3.6 |
| Mishra's Bauble | 81% | 3.1 |
| Welding Jar | 78% | 11.3 |
| Skateboard | 78% | 9.9 |
| Mox Opal | 78% | 9.3 |
| Tormod's Crypt | 78% | 8.4 |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 75% | 10.9 |
| Pinnacle Emissary | 75% | 10.9 |
| Engineered Explosives | 75% | 10.9 |
| Steam Vents | 75% | 3.4 |
| Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 69% | 10.4 |
| Shivan Reef | 64% | 10.7 |
| Metallic Rebuke | 64% | 10.3 |
| Spirebluff Canal | 64% | 9.6 |
| Shadowspear | 64% | 8.9 |
| Fiery Islet | 64% | 6.1 |
| Preordain | 64% | 4.0 |
| Claws of Gix | 61% | 10.7 |
| Weapons Manufacturing | 61% | 10.7 |
| Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | 58% | 3.8 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Golgari Broodscale | 11.0% | 61% |
| Affinity | 6.9% | 100% |
| UB (unclassified) | 2.1% | 67% |
| Mono-Green (unclassified) | 1.9% | 38% |
| Goryo's Vengeance | 1.7% | 14% |
| WR (unclassified) | 1.7% | 29% |
| Mono-Black (unclassified) | 1.4% | 33% |
| UG (unclassified) | 0.5% | 50% |