At the Gathering – M10 and You
…I still ended up in second, and my redrafted rares ended up being Pithing Needle, Baneslayer Angel, and [insert third…
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Unlocking Legacy – Redesigning Threshold
…Jesse Hatfield March 2007 This list shows the classic anti-Goblin elements, such as Pithing Needle, Forest, and Pyroclasm. However…
So Many Insane Plays – Why I Played Lands at Grand Prix: Columbus
…This was important because I had double Rishadan Port, but he played an early Pithing Needle on Port, preventing me…
Making the Jump to Modern
…the Void 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Mindslaver 1 Pithing Needle 2 Ratchet Bomb 2 Relic of Progenitus 4 Surgical…
Insider Trading – Conflux Flux
…it cannot get utility cards (Executioner’s Capsule, Equipment, Pithing Needle). I’d predict Sphinx Summoner to be in the…
Some Mathematics of Milling (and Extended, too!)
…Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (8) 1 Path to Exile 3 Sunspring Expedition 2 Relic of Progenitus 2 Pithing Needle…
Early Solutions in Modern
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Firespout 2 Ignorant Bliss 3 Magus of the Moon 2 Pithing Needle 2 Pyroclasm…
Nic Fit In Legacy!
…Dig Through Time Sideboard - 3 Force of Will - 1 Pithing Needle - 1 Vendilion Clique - 2 Spell Pierce - 2 Surgical Extraction…
Standard Action – SCG: Indy
…Pithing Needle 20% and three tied at 11%: Grafdigger's Cage, Runechanter's Pike, and Tormod's Crypt - Other planeswalkers…
Thank You, Sudden Shock: The Second-to-Last Page
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Mogg War Marshal 1 Goblin King 1 Blood Moon 3 Pithing Needle 2 Pyrite…
Standard's Most Annoying Deck
…This is a preventative measure against Pithing Needle. Also, Auriok Champion is very important in matchups that won't be…
Focus
…2 Chalice of the Void - 2 Engineered Explosives - 1 Pithing Needle - 3 Spell Snare - 2 Cryptic Command - 1 Relic of…
Attacking for 22 on Turn Three
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 4 Thunderbolt 4 Smelt 1 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Pithing Needle 2 Thunderous Wrath 2…
Look Ma, No Creatures!
…OverviewColorCostRarity 80 Cards Sideboard (15) 4 Pillar of Flame 4 Counterflux 4 Dissipate 3 Pithing Needle Blue (30) 4 Laboratory…
Wild Research - A Paradigm Shift In Vintage Storm Combo
…Jailer, +2 Tormod\'s Crypt, +2 Engineered Explosives, +2 Pithing Needle Gifts and Bargain are too expensive, especially when you…
The Midrange Archetype
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Tidings 1 Dimir Signet 1 Hinder 1 Confiscate 3 Cranial Extraction 3 Pithing Needle…
Modern Magnificence
…Grapeshot 4 Leyline of Sanctity 1 Nihil Spellbomb 2 Pithing Needle White (16) 4 Faith's Reward 4 Second Sunrise…
Play Noble Fish!
…1 Ponder - 3 Mental Misstep Sideboard - 1 Forest - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Leyline of the Void - 1 Trygon Predator - 2…
Setting a New Standard
…3 Watery Grave 1 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (3) 2 Dispel 1 Pithing Needle 2 (26) 3 Augur of…
Is All This Bridgevine Banning Talk Overblown?
…Spellbomb - 2 Mind Stone - 1 Tormod's Crypt - 1 Pithing Needle - 4 Mishra's Bauble - 1 Sword of the Meek…
Article 32, Provision VII, Section 700.42a
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 2 Witchbane Orb 2 Pithing Needle 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Elgaud Shieldmate 2 Tamiyo…
BUG Or Black/Green?
…Downfall - 2 Whip of Erebos Sideboard - 2 Duress - 1 Pithing Needle - 1 Thoughtseize - 1 Underworld Connections - 1 Golgari Charm - 1…
Wild Cards
…I had a player at the PTQ bring in Pithing Needle against me and promptly set it for Seismic Assault…
Tribal Thriftiness – Budgets Are For Movies and Dads
…Loxodon Warhammer - 4 Rune Snag Sideboard - 2 Naturalize - 2 Pithing Needle - 4 Flashfreeze - 3 Spectral Force - 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter - 3…
The Dust Settles
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 3 Centaur Healer 3 Druid's Deliverance 2 Frontline Medic 2 Pithing Needle 2 Sundering…
Lessons Learned from SCG Indi and ELD Part 1/2
…The variants that can Whir of Invention for Ensnaring Bridge or Pithing Needle proved to be much more difficult. The…
Legends
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 2 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Damnation 1 Pithing Needle 2…
Roman History
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 4 Bitterblossom 2 Damnation 1 Doom Blade 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 1 Pithing Needle…
Snow and Standard in New Jersey
…1 Jace, Memory Adept 2 Dispel 3 Negate 1 Pithing Needle [/Sideboard] [/cardlist Now for a couple newer lists . . . Mono…
Roman History
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 4 Bitterblossom 2 Damnation 1 Doom Blade 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 1 Pithing Needle…
MOCS 2013 Profiles, Part 3
…3 Aetherling 1 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (5) 2 Syncopate 2 Dispel 1 Pithing Needle 2 (13) 4 Azorius…
Nothing but Mogg Fanatic
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 2 Ensnaring Bridge 4 Pithing Needle 2 Blood Moon 4 Tormod's Crypt 3 Sulfuric…
The Brewery: Martial Law
…the format in November. *“What up with that sideboard?”* Pithing Needle: This card is pretty good at handling a lot…
Return To Ravnica Block & Rotating Staples
…Pithing Needle – $2.50 Pithing Needle This card has been a multi-format staple for years. The price is low…
Four Lessons From 2013
…Bomb 1 Pithing Needle 75 Cards 1 (10) 4 Judge's Familiar 4 Cloudfin Raptor 1 Pithing Needle 1 Triton…
The Verdict Is In!
…4 Plains 2 Pithing Needle 1 Ratchet Bomb 75 Cards 1 (5) 2 Syncopate 2 Pithing Needle 1 Swan Song…
Modern Horizons and Death and Taxes
…Pithing Needle in the board is a recognition of the deck's need to take care of Planeswalkers, sometimes incredibly…
Gen Con Winners Roundtable
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Island 1 Red Elemental Blast 2 Pithing Needle 3 Yixlid Jailer 1 Ancient Grudge…
Dear Azami: Wail Of A Good Time
…Pithing Needle We can handle creatures. But can we handle Equipment? Other annoying artifacts? Planeswalkers? Not particularly, and that’s…
How To Jace
…Bridge - 4 Lantern of Insight - 1 Pyrite Spellbomb - 2 Pithing Needle - 4 Mishra's Bauble - 3 Thoughtseize - 4 Ancient Stirrings…
Building A Better Plant Zombie
…Putrefy takes out Pithing Needle on Jitte and trades with finishers such as Kagemaro and Meloku. (Granted, shooting Meloku when…
A Brief Look at the Modern World
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Supreme Verdict 2 Celestial Purge 1 Counterflux 2 Leyline of Sanctity 1 Pithing Needle…
Deep Analysis – Top 8 and the Best Deck
…The second game was a pitch-perfect example of why I want Pithing Needle in my board instead of Kataki…
Black Magic – The Ins and Out of M11 (Part 2)
…Coat of Arms Darksteel Colossus Howling Mine Magebane Armor Mirror of Fate Pithing Needle In: Brittle Effigy Jinxed Idol Steel…
Whir of Insight
…As far as the Sideboard goes I’ve changed the Pithing Needle to a Sorcerous Spyglass. This is only because…
SCG Daily – Thoughts on Team Standard
…Disloyalty - 2 Genju of the Spires - 2 Pyroclasm - 2 Pithing Needle - 2 Shadow of Doubt - 4 Goblin Flectomancer “OMG! That…
Open the Front Door!
…Rig Artifact (18) 4 Trading Post 1 Helvault 2 Pithing Needle 1 Grafdigger's Cage 1 Akroma's Memorial 4…
A Conflux of Formats
…OverviewColorCostRarity 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 1 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Trinket Mage 1 Pithing Needle 3 Tormod's Crypt 3…
Deck Challenge III Vote Off!
…OverviewColorCostRarity Other (4) 4 Fire/Ice 60 Cards Sideboard (15) 2 Damping Matrix 2 Flashfires 2 Pithing Needle 2 Pyroclasm…
Exploring Mirrodin
…Speaking of Planeswalkers, they all get significantly better without Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Pulse, Oblivion Ring, and Pithing Needle in the…