Innovations – Five-Color Blood in Regionals, and Decks I Dislike
…3 Bituminous Blast Sideboard - 3 Wrath of God - 2 Pithing Needle - 2 Burrenton Forge-Tender - 1 Cloudthresher - 3 Jace Beleren…
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Grinding At The StarCityGames.com Orlando Open
…Empress - 1 Tormod's Crypt - 1 Engineered Explosives - 1 Pithing Needle - 2 Krosan Grip - 1 Relic of Progenitus - 1 Ravenous…
Down And Dirty – Innovate This! (Five More Decks for Standard)
…Pithing Needle is excellent against the G/B Rock players who fill their decks with Treetop Villages, Garrucks, and Mutavaults…
Der Gangsta Rebbe: Talmudic Deckbuilding and Omnisignificance
…Even the lone Goblin Welder that I used to run in my board (I now run three Pithing Needle) is…
Dear Chris Romeo….
…pretty perfect equilibrium to matter. *Pithing Needle* Before I can talk about the Needle, I need to talk about why…
All The Modern Lists Texas Can Hold
…Batterskull - 3 Dismember Sideboard - 1 Crucible of Worlds - 1 Pithing Needle - 3 Relic of Progenitus - 3 All Is Dust - 2…
So Many Insane Plays – Something New In Vintage
…Hurkyl's Recall - 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror - 2 Pithing Needle - 4 Leyline of the Void - 2 Trickbind This deck…
Death And Taxes 2016
…Judgment Sideboard - 1 Sword of Fire and Ice - 1 Pithing Needle - 2 Path to Exile - 2 Kor Firewalker - 2 Leyline…
Cold Front Hits Standard
…Quarter 3 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (10) 4 Sakura-Tribe Scout 3 Spell Snare 3 Pithing Needle 2 (17…
Beating Japan and Pointing Results
…Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (18) 4 Frenzied Goblin 4 Frostling 4 Shock 2 Genju of the Spires 4 Pithing…
So Many Insane Plays – A Bird’s Eye View of Legacy: The Engines of Legacy
…Trinket Mage enables consistent turn two Chalices, and opens a small toolbox with Pithing Needle, Seat of the Synod and…
Innovations – Winning with U/W Control: PT San Diego *14th* Part 2
…Pithing Needle is one of Gab’s favorite sideboard cards and historically speaking he has probably built more sideboards with…
How To Beat Eldrazi Tron
…Collar - 2 All Is Dust - 2 Dismember Sideboard - 1 Pithing Needle - 3 Relic of Progenitus - 1 Basilisk Collar - 2 Ratchet…
Magic the Classroom – Toolbox
…fact you have Chalice of the Void, Engineered Explosives, Pithing Needle and Tormod's Crypt available in game one. Each…
Team Strategies and Playing Vore
…Threads of Disloyalty - 4 Pyroclasm - 1 Blood Moon - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Giant Solifuge - 3 Shattering Spree This deck is…
The Possibilities Are Infinite
…Pithing Needle is a thing, so I’m a bit concerned about that, but we will have access to counterspells…
The Queen And I
…3 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (10) 4 Isamaru, Hound of Konda 3 Plagued Rusalka 3 Pithing Needle 2 (19…
Australian Nationals Report - Part 1
…brought my Hellsparks back in as well as a Pithing Needle and took out Lightning Bolts. We both have slow…
Talking About Mirrodin Besieged
…Phyrexian Revoker - I love me some Pithing Needle, and I love me some Value Bears! The Revoker will be a…
My Struggle In Preparing For Mythic Championship IV
…Bridge - 1 Crucible of Worlds - 1 Mycosynth Lattice - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Leyline of the Void - 1 Basilisk Collar - 1…
So Many Insane Plays: The Power 9 Series Returns!
…4 Chain of Vapor - 3 Tormod's Crypt - 4 Pithing Needle Although *Ravnica* had introduced the dredge mechanic just months…
Five Decks for the New Modern World
…My list uses a diverse set of win cons and tricks to avoid Meddling Mage and Pithing Needle type crap…
The Road to Regionals – Mixed kNuts: Regionals 2006, Card Game UNLEASHED!
…2 Demonfire Sideboard - 3 Naturalize - 3 Savage Twister - 4 Pithing Needle - 3 Spell Snare - 2 Voidslime As a nod to…
Not Your Father’s U/W/R Control
…1 Blind Obedience Sideboard - 3 Duress - 1 Mutilate - 2 Pithing Needle - 1 Vampire Nighthawk - 2 Ratchet Bomb - 1 Liliana of…
Full Circle
…OUT - Grand Arbiter Augustin IV - Hokori, Dust Drinker - Pithing Needle - Tangle Wire - Winter Orb The Stax package was pretty modest…
Taming Tezzeret
…Phyrexian Revoker may not be useful enough to maindeck, but the new Pithing Needle variant will be vital to stopping…
The Newest Modern Tech
…Void - 4 Dismember - 1 Smuggler's Copter Sideboard - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Relic of Progenitus - 4 Ratchet Bomb - 1 Surgical…
Feature Article – Aussie Assault
…Krosan Grip is an excellent answer to cards like Pithing Needle, Wheel of Sun and Moon, and Everlasting Torment, while…
Tribal Thriftiness #117 – The Compleat Challenge
…Pithing Needle is for Time Sieve (yes, that also gets played locally at FNM) and for Planeswalkers. Dragon’s Claw…
Modern Winners And Losers After The Bridge From Below Banning
…Spellbomb - 2 Mind Stone - 1 Tormod's Crypt - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Mishra's Bauble - 1 Sword of the Meek…
Rules Tips for Block #2
…is NOT an activated ability (Nationals players please note Pithing Needle can’t stop suspend). Suspend can be played anytime…
True-Name Or Combo?
…Mountain - 1 Red Elemental Blast - 1 Engineered Explosives - 1 Pithing Needle - 1 Relic of Progenitus - 1 Spell Pierce - 2 Flusterstorm…
Ideas Unbound – Legacy: Zoo versus Counterbalance
…Pithing Needle is a strong enough value card that you might have to include it against the field, although I…
Sideboarding Strategies and Tactics, Part 1
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 2 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Damnation 1 Pithing Needle 2…
I Vant To Suck Your... Actually I Want To Stop Sucking
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 3 Ribbons of Night 2 Pithing Needle 4 Cranial Extraction 3 Muddle the Mixture 3…
The Final Analysis
…Breeding Pool 4 Chrome Mox 2 Engineered Explosives 1 Pithing Needle 3 Sensei's Divining Top 3 Tormod's Crypt…
The Road to Regionals – Your Regionals Questions Answered!
…Apprentice - 1 Ivory Mask - 4 Descendant of Kiyomaro - 1 Pithing Needle - 1 Twincast Note that this deck tries to accomplish…
City of Brass – Making Mana
…Pithing Needle - 2 Spell Snare - 4 Counterbalance - 3 Firespout Sideboard - 4 Red Elemental Blast - 2 Blue Elemental Blast - 1 Pithing…
The Main Phase – Everything You Need to Know (Give or Take) About Regionals ’08
…Primal Command, Pithing Needle, Thoughtseize, Firespout, Riftsweeper I am fairly unfamiliar with the deck, but beyond the combo pieces I…
Of Stormbreaths And Masters
…of Amethyst - 2 Dismember - 3 Warping Wail Sideboard - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Leyline of the Void - 1 Urborg, Tomb of…
Flores Friday – Rebuttal: An Alternate Rule of Engagement
…at the very least, slow myself down for a Pithing Needle; no amount of testing and learning will ever make…
Innovations – Selecting the Best Numbers in Deck Building
…1 Thought Hemorrhage, 1 Pithing Needle — High-powered answers to very specialized situations. More diminishing returns, as one copy is…
No Surprises... Big Surprises?
…2 Blood Moon 3 Kataki, War's Wage 2 Pithing Needle White (17) 3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda 4 Savannah…
Brew Report: Spell-Attack Renaissance, Pt. 1
…Goyf and Shadow (as Explosives does for Temur Midrange) - Pithing Needle and Spell Pierce have applications against combo and control…
Metagame Mentor: Dominaria United Hits Pioneer
…1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 1 The Chain Veil 1 Pithing Needle 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Meteor Golem 1 Esika…
The Power That is Equipment
…to the presence of Paladins in the field by adding another color or a card like Pithing Needle to compensate.
Training Day
…Bomb 2 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (7) 1 Quicken 2 Syncopate 2 Yoked Ox 2 Pithing Needle 2 (17…
Pyro Prison
…up. - Anger of the Gods / Sweltering Suns - Phyrexian Revoker - Pithing Needle - Ratchet Bomb - Dragon's Claw - Spellskite - Pyroclasm - Roast - Surgical…
The State of Legacy for Grand Prix DC
…game. (Granted, this is an extremely narrow corner case.) Pithing Needle or Phyrexian Revoker (on Sneak Attack) with Karakas make…
Rogues of Kamigawa and Introducing Survivor Magic IV Contestants
…Ice Bridge 3 Pithing Needle 4 Sensei's Divining Top 76 Cards 1 (11) 3 Pithing Needle 4 Sensei's…