Card text
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."
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Mana cost
{G}
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Card text
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."
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Defend the Rider
Defend the Rider (157) is a Green Instant from Aetherdrift (DFT). It costs {G} and has mana value 1. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
Aetherdrift is a main expansion, released February 2025.
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."
Card details
- Card number
- 157
- Set
- Aetherdrift (DFT)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 14 February 2025
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Green
- Colour identity
- Green
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Defend the Rider
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