Pithing Needle

Commanders that run Pithing Needle most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Urza, Lord High Artificer: 3,245 decks
• Magda, Brazen Outlaw: 1,414 decks
• Oswald Fiddlebender: 786 decks
• Meria, Scholar of Antiquity: 691 decks
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain: 555 decks
• Queen Kayla bin-Kroog: 147 decks
• Circu, Dimir Lobotomist: 143 decks
• Kozilek, Butcher of Truth: 80 decks

Often played with Pithing Needle

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Sorcerous Spyglass
• Disruptor Flute
• Storage Matrix
• Enslaved Dwarf
• Liberated Dwarf
• Glass Casket
• Dwarven Armorer
• Sudden Shock
• Dead // Gone
• Dwarven Trader

Rulings

• 2005-06-01: If you name a card that has both a mana ability and another activated ability, the mana ability can be activated but the other ability can't be activated.
• 2005-06-01: You can name any card, even if that card doesn't normally have an activated ability. You can't name a token unless that token has the same name as a card.
• 2005-06-01: Pithing Needle affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards. For example, a player can't cycle Eternal Dragon or return an Eternal Dragon from their graveyard to hand if Pithing Needle naming Eternal Dragon is on the battlefield.
• 2009-10-01: Once Pithing Needle has left the battlefield, activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can be activated again.
• 2012-10-01: Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." Triggered abilities and static abilities of the named card work normally.