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Pippin, Guard of the Citadel LTR 0218 · rare

Pippin, Guard of the Citadel · {W}{U} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Soldier · Vigilance, ward {1} {T}: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.) · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "Here do I swear fealty to Gondor, until my lord release me, or death take me."

Pippin, Guard of the Citadel · {W}{U} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Soldier · Vigilance, ward {1} {T}: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.) · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "Here do I swear fealty to Gondor, until my lord release me, or death take me."

Price
from $0.796 printings
Win rate
59.7% GIH 10,651 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,360 wins in 10,651 card-in-hand instances.

10,328 distinct games · 3,579 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

59.7%when drawn (GIH)

+4.1 pp vs 55.6% average · 10,651 instances

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

#43 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.1 on average (20,689 packs).

13 of 45 multicolor cards · 5 of 20 multicolor rare cards.

Taken at pick3.46,452 picks
Makes the deck55.7%6,452 picks with known usage
When played54.0%18,346 matchesBenched 55.0%
13,139 matches
When drawn59.7%10,651 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 60.6% · 3,864 instances
● Drawn later 59.2% · 6,787 instances

In hand 59.7% · 10,651 instances
Unseen in deck 48.3% · 11,894 instances
+11.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn59.7%10,651 instances13 of 45
Opening hand60.6%3,864 instances6 of 43
Drawn later59.2%6,787 instances14 of 44
In the deck53.8%22,820 instances23 of 45
Without seeing it48.3%11,894 instances37 of 44
Improvement when drawn+11.4 pp10,651 instances / 11,894 instances4 of 44
When benched55.0%13,139 matches34 of 45
Makes the deck55.7%6,452 picks with known usage28 of 45
Pick (last seen)3.120,689 packs15 of 45
Taken at3.46,452 picks15 of 45

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–Blue WU63.9%3,208 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.7% · 10,651 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Errand-Rider of Gondor9,536 games with both in the deckLórien Revealed8,713 games with both in the deckEagles of the North8,494 games with both in the deck
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 83% 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

6 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0218 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.79
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$1.05

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,715 packs (0.06%) · 2.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 86 packs (1.17%) · 34.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 645 packs (0.15%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 59 packs (1.68%) · 39.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% 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 BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic85.7%Main set · rare

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

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Bartłomiej Gaweł, LTR 218 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
White–Blue cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗