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Esquire of the King LTR 0013 · common

Esquire of the King · {W} · Creature — Human Soldier · {4}{W}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. This ability costs {2} less to activate if you control a legendary creature. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?" —Lament for the Rohirrim

Esquire of the King · {W} · Creature — Human Soldier · {4}{W}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. This ability costs {2} less to activate if you control a legendary creature. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?" —Lament for the Rohirrim

Price
from $0.162 printings
Win rate
53.8% GIH 42,429 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 22,831 wins in 42,429 card-in-hand instances.

39,614 distinct games · 14,037 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

53.8%when drawn (GIH)

−1.8 pp vs 55.6% average · 42,429 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#174 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.1 on average (348,493 packs).

26 of 38 white cards · 11 of 19 white common cards.

Taken at pick10.243,074 picks
Makes the deck37.2%43,074 picks with known usage
When played54.4%83,779.7 matchesBenched 55.6%
131,171.3 matches
When drawn53.8%42,429 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.5% · 17,571 instances
● Drawn later 53.3% · 24,858 instances

In hand 53.8% · 42,429 instances
Unseen in deck 54.6% · 59,255 instances
−0.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn53.8%42,429 instances26 of 38
Opening hand54.5%17,571 instances15 of 37
Drawn later53.3%24,858 instances31 of 37
In the deck54.3%101,732 instances21 of 38
Without seeing it54.6%59,255 instances6 of 38
Improvement when drawn−0.8 pp42,429 instances / 59,255 instances35 of 38
When benched55.6%131,171.3 matches10 of 38
Makes the deck37.2%43,074 picks with known usage28 of 38
Pick (last seen)7.1348,493 packs31 of 38
Taken at10.243,074 picks31 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

White–Black WB56.5%11,403 instancesRed–White RW54.1%17,576 instancesWhite–Blue WU52.1%3,128 instancesGreen–White GW51.1%2,000 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.8% · 42,429 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Relentless Rohirrim+3.4 pp20,545 games with both in the deck · 4,440 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 31% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0013 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.16
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.23

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 675 packs (0.15%) · 5.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (9.68%) · 97.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 225 packs (0.44%) · 12.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.26%) · 72.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (3.95%) · 38.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommons100% per positionDraft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil67%Draft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil commons100% per positionMain set · common
Collector BoosterFoil common or rare Sol Ring treatmentRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedMain set · common

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Tyukina Tatiana, LTR 13 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗