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Pithing Needle

First printed in Saviors of Kamigawa (2005)

All 17 prints

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  • Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #463, 2024
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102335, 2022 (digital)
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #312, 2022
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #397, 2022
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #564, 2022
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #94084, 2022 (digital)
  • Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #257, 2022
  • Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #257, 2021
  • Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #378, 2021
  • Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #257p, 2021
  • Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #257s, 2021
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #44, 2020
  • Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #44, 2016
  • Return to Ravnica (RTR) #231, 2012
  • Magic 2010 (M10) #217, 2009
  • Tenth Edition (10E) #338, 2007
  • Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #158, 2005

Pithing Needle

Artifact

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MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 16.9% of Modern decks played it (377 of 2236). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 14.6% of Legacy decks played it (161 of 1103). Most played in Lands.

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Not legal
  • Pioneer Legal
  • Modern Legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Not legal
  • Historic Legal
  • Timeless Legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Legal
  • Premodern Not legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Legal
  • Tiny Leaders Legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Banned
  • Standard Brawl Not legal
  • Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
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

Modern Other periods →

In 377 of 2236 decks (16.9%).

Share of decks
16.9%
▼ 3.9 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 14.1% 2026-08-13: 15.7% 2026-08-20: 17.4% 2026-08-27: 17.7% 2026-09-03: 20.6% 2026-09-10: 18.1% 2026-09-17: 22.3% 2026-09-24: 21.6% 2026-10-01: 20.4% 2026-10-08: 14.1% 2026-10-15: 17.0% 2026-10-22: 17.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
377
148 main, 251 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
63%
82 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Golgari Broodscale 12.5% 71%
Moonshadow 10.5% 0%
Affinity 5.8% 96%
Craterhoof 3.2% 1%
Mono-Black (unclassified) 2.5% 30%
Goryo's Vengeance 2.5% 2%
UBG (unclassified) 2.1% 2%
WUB (unclassified) 1.7% 3%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Urza's Saga100%4.1
Mishra's Bauble95%3.5
Skateboard85%13.2
Mox Opal85%11.9
Kappa Cannoneer83%14.3
Tormod's Crypt83%8.8
Pinnacle Emissary82%14.3
Engineered Explosives82%14.2
Shadowspear78%12.7
Emry, Lurker of the Loch78%12.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Affinity
sioutis_kk in Modern Challenge 64		 10-0
100%
Golgari Broodscale
HouseOfManaMTG in Modern Challenge 96		 10-0
100%
Golgari Broodscale
xfile in Modern Challenge 32		 9-0
100%
Golgari Broodscale
Arremangado in Modern Challenge 16		 8-0
100%
Golgari Broodscale
justFeather in Modern Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Golgari Broodscale
Tetsubou in Modern Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Golgari Broodscale
Urthstrype in Modern Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Affinity
KizmaHusky in Modern Challenge 32		 8-1
89%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Golgari Broodscale
justFeather, 		1 side #7
4-3
Mono-Green
JMAK2000, 		1 side #8
4-3
Affinity
solaec0501, 		1 main #13
4-2
Golgari Broodscale
derlumberzack, 		1 side #22
3-3
Golgari Broodscale
Malox11, 		1 side #28
2-3
Golgari Broodscale
renatoaraujo, 		1 side #29
2-3
Affinity
shadowfiend69, 		1 main 5-0
WR
CrusherBotBG, 		1 side 5-0

Legacy Other periods →

In 161 of 1103 decks (14.6%).

Share of decks
14.6%
▲ 0.9 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 12.4% 2026-08-13: 16.8% 2026-08-20: 13.0% 2026-08-27: 12.3% 2026-09-03: 8.8% 2026-09-10: 14.0% 2026-09-17: 14.5% 2026-09-24: 15.3% 2026-10-01: 21.3% 2026-10-08: 13.8% 2026-10-15: 15.0% 2026-10-22: 11.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
161
102 main, 66 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
58%
25 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Lands 4.7% 94%
Tron 4.4% 8%
Omni-Tell 3.8% 2%
Mystic Forge 3.7% 83%
Izzet Cutter 3.2% 9%
WUG (unclassified) 2.8% 3%
UR (unclassified) 2.5% 7%
Welder Combo 2.4% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Urza's Saga99%5.4
Ancient Tomb89%3.2
Karakas58%2.1
Skateboard57%5.7
Boseiju, Who Endures54%3.2
Expedition Map53%6.9
Malevolent Rumble51%9.4
Ghost Quarter51%8.7
Mox Diamond51%8.4
Life from the Loam51%8.3

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Mystic Forge
musasabi in Legacy Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Welder Combo
kanican in Legacy Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
Lands
Zhemint in Legacy Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
WG
Nyles Breecher in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K		 7-1
88%
Lands
FrankHolmquist in Legacy Challenge 32		 6-1
86%
Affinity
Diego Pernas Rego in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)		 6-1
86%
Mystic Forge
Carlone90 in Legacy Showcase Challenge		 7-2
78%
Affinity
2plus2isfive in Legacy Showcase Challenge		 7-2
78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UR
DNSolver, 		1 side #4
5-3
Lands
FrankHolmquist, 		1 main #5
6-1
Painter
XanaZero, 		1 main #7
4-3
Mystic Forge
musasabi, 		1 main #14
4-2
Lands
Phellipe, 		1 main #17
3-3
Welder Combo
zuranthus, 		1 side #18
3-3
Mystic Forge
RockstarLifestyle, 		1 main #28
2-4
Cephalid Breakfast
casper_x, 		1 side 5-0

Vintage Other periods →

In 212 of 438 decks (48.4%).

Share of decks
48.4%
▲ 5.4 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 51.7% 2026-08-13: 54.8% 2026-08-20: 55.1% 2026-08-27: 33.5% 2026-09-03: 45.8% 2026-09-10: 48.0% 2026-09-17: 45.3% 2026-09-24: 50.6% 2026-10-01: 46.5% 2026-10-08: 44.2% 2026-10-15: 50.4% 2026-10-22: 50.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
212
53 main, 175 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
57%
52 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Tinker Vault 16.4% 61%
Psychic Frog 14.8% 45%
Forth Eorlingas 13.2% 90%
UBR (unclassified) 6.2% 15%
Colorless (unclassified) 5.5% 83%
UB (unclassified) 5.3% 70%
Breach Storm 4.6% 80%
Oath 3.0% 23%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Urza's Saga100%1.4
Black Lotus100%1.1
Sol Ring96%1.6
Mox Pearl96%1.2
Mox Jet96%1.1
Mox Sapphire96%1.1
Mana Crypt94%1.4
Mox Ruby94%1.4
Mox Emerald94%1.3
Tolarian Academy91%1.8

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Breach Storm
Sommertroll in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Psychic Frog
Pietart in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Colorless
Carlone90 in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Tinker Vault
Munchlax446 in Vintage Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
Breach Storm
Oliver Voegeli in From The Vault: Vintage 5		 6-1
86%
Tinker Vault
Munchlax446 in Vintage Challenge 16		 5-1
83%
UB
otakkun in Vintage Challenge 16		 5-1
83%
Psychic Frog
Ark4n in Vintage Challenge 32		 7-2
78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UBR
tristenps, 		1 main 5-0
Shops
juanjo123, 		1 side 5-0
Colorless
HazuhiroNakamura, 		1 side 5-0
Psychic Frog
MatthewB3, 		1 side 5-0
Tinker Vault
masakitaro, 		1 side 5-0
WUB
Obstidon, 		1 side 5-0
Tinker Vault
_Pady_, 		1 side 5-0
Tinker Vault
J.A.Eliso, 		1 side 5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 95 of 6150 decks (1.5%).

Share of decks
1.5%
▲ 0.4 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.4% 2026-08-27: 1.0% 2026-09-03: 0.9% 2026-09-10: 1.1% 2026-09-17: 1.1% 2026-09-24: 2.0% 2026-10-01: 1.3% 2026-10-08: 1.5% 2026-10-15: 2.4% 2026-10-22: 1.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
95
95 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
25%
17 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept 4.7% 0%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw 2.1% 12%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma 1.9% 1%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin 1.3% 1%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand 1.3% 27%
Marneus Calgar 0.9% 4%
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 0.8% 2%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker 0.8% 2%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Sol Ring100%1.0
Lotus Petal98%1.1
Mana Vault97%1.1
Ancient Tomb96%1.1
Gemstone Caverns96%1.0
Mox Opal93%1.6
Chrome Mox93%1.0
Urza's Saga88%3.7
Mox Diamond81%0.9
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain79%5.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Tim Taranto (Goldsabertooth) in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH		 6-0
100%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Yannick Siegmund in Spellbook Reality Fracture CEDH Turner		 3-2
60%
Council of Reeds
Allen Mok in OBG & Draw Dawgz Presents: Dawg Pile CEDH Tournament		 2-3
40%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Ian Reeder in Mind Full Games: October's Monthly 1k Event		 2-3
40%
Oswald Fiddlebender
Alejandro Méndez in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona		 2-3
40%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Logan Monger in Mortal-Kraumbat		 2-3
40%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Kelsie Ricard [TILT] in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island		 2-3
40%
Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
Kevin Mancilla in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND		 2-4
33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Danny Zeigler, 		1 main #17
1-3
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Chris Dunne, 		1 main #17
0-2
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Cyril Gropen, 		1 main #3
2-2
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Kenny Tseng, 		1 main #30
0-2
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Andrew Goger, 		1 main #68
0-5
Council of Reeds
Allen Mok, 		1 main #7
2-3
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
Allan Tran, 		1 main #59
0-3
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Trey cooper, 		1 main #9
1-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 80 decks (1.3%).

Share of decks
1.3%
▼ 3.7 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 3.1% 2026-08-13: 3.9% 2026-08-20: 8.0% 2026-08-27: 3.5% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 6.1% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 25.0% 2026-10-01: 0.0% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 6.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono-Blue (unclassified) 1.3% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Mono-Blue
AllienWalker, 		1 main 5-0

No recent decks in: Pioneer.