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Take Up the Shield OTJ 0034 · common

Take Up the Shield · {1}{W} · Instant · Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) · The frontier was an anvil on which many an unlikely hero would be forged.

Take Up the Shield · {1}{W} · Instant · Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) · The frontier was an anvil on which many an unlikely hero would be forged.

Price
from $0.191 printing
Win rate
57.3% GIH 106,788 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 61,227 wins in 106,788 card-in-hand instances.

98,361 distinct games · 34,390 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

57.3%when drawn (GIH)

+3.2 pp vs 54.1% average · 106,788 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games

#75 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (330,539 packs).

13 of 48 white cards · 1 of 15 white common cards.

Taken at pick7.559,731 picks
Makes the deck69.8%59,731 picks with known usage
When played56.3%227,416 matchesBenched 54.6%
79,969 matches
When drawn57.3%106,788 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 16–May 27, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.7% · 43,500 instances
● Drawn later 58.4% · 63,288 instances

In hand 57.3% · 106,788 instances
Unseen in deck 55.5% · 164,558 instances
+1.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn57.3%106,788 instances13 of 48
Opening hand55.7%43,500 instances16 of 48
Drawn later58.4%63,288 instances9 of 48
In the deck56.2%271,564 instances10 of 48
Without seeing it55.5%164,558 instances5 of 48
Improvement when drawn+1.9 pp106,788 instances / 164,558 instances19 of 48
When benched54.6%79,969 matches17 of 49
Makes the deck69.8%59,731 picks with known usage24 of 49
Pick (last seen)5.5330,539 packs30 of 49
Taken at7.559,731 picks28 of 49

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

Green–White GW60.0%28,806 instancesWhite–Black WB58.0%8,078 instancesRed–White RW56.4%8,712 instancesWhite–Blue WU55.9%5,750 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.3% · 106,788 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Claim Jumper+3.7 pp15,408 games with both in the deck · 2,913 both drawnVault Plunderer+3.1 pp20,213 games with both in the deck · 4,892 both drawnFrontier Seeker+1.9 pp52,801 games with both in the deck · 10,529 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 79% of 347 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0034 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$0.19
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.21

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.40%) · 41.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 138 packs (0.72%) · 23.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (7.91%) · 94.9% 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
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or bonus-sheet replacement80%Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Josiah "Jo" Cameron, OTJ 34 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗