First printed in Aetherdrift (2025)

Defend the Rider

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."

In the last 30 days 2.1% of Standard decks played it (2 of 95). Most played in Green Landfall.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 2 of 95 decks (2.1%).

Share of decks

2.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 2 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Green Landfall	12.6%	17%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns in Standard Challenge 32	4-3 57%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns, 27 Oct	1 side	#21 4-3
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns, 25 Oct	1 side	#24 1-2

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.