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Defend the Rider DFT 0157 · uncommon

Defend the Rider · {G} · Instant · Choose one — • Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. • Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." · Lagorin would not lose another.

Defend the Rider · {G} · Instant · Choose one — • Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. • Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." · Lagorin would not lose another.

Price
from $0.661 printing
Win rate
55.6% GIH 33,622 instances · Premier Draft
Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 18,706 wins in 33,622 card-in-hand instances.

32,694 distinct games · 12,266 distinct drafts · games recorded Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025.

17Lands file dated Mar 23, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

55.6%when drawn (GIH)

+0.7 pp vs 54.9% average · 33,622 instances

Premier Draft · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · average from 857,667 games

#113 of 255 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.2 on average (88,688 packs).

26 of 38 green cards · 9 of 14 green uncommon cards.

Taken at pick5.817,396 picks
Makes the deck73.9%17,396 picks with known usage
When played55.7%68,132.6 matchesBenched 55.4%
18,623.4 matches
When drawn55.6%33,622 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.9% · 13,747 instances
● Drawn later 56.1% · 19,875 instances

In hand 55.6% · 33,622 instances
Unseen in deck 55.5% · 49,105 instances
+0.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with green cards

Win rate when drawn55.6%33,622 instances26 of 38
Opening hand54.9%13,747 instances25 of 38
Drawn later56.1%19,875 instances27 of 38
In the deck55.6%82,904 instances26 of 38
Without seeing it55.5%49,105 instances22 of 38
Improvement when drawn+0.2 pp33,622 instances / 49,105 instances22 of 38
When benched55.4%18,623.4 matches17 of 38
Makes the deck73.9%17,396 picks with known usage25 of 38
Pick (last seen)4.288,688 packs24 of 38
Taken at5.817,396 picks24 of 38

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Exhaust Ramp UG58.1%5,602 instancesGraveyard BG56.3%5,353 instancesExhaust Midrange RG55.7%3,399 instancesVehicles and Mounts Midrange GW54.0%4,136 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.6% · 33,622 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Skyserpent Seeker+4.4 pp13,537 games with both in the deck · 3,046 both drawnPothole Mole+2.6 pp33,110 games with both in the deck · 6,949 both drawnCrash and Burn+4.4 pp10,075 games with both in the deck · 1,922 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 56% of 255 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

DFT 0157 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.66
FoilPlay Booster$4.65

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Raph Lomotan, DFT 157 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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