Defend the Rider

Aetherdrift · #157 · uncommon · EN

$0.25 · Foil $0.87

cheapest of 26 store offers · see all

market $0.67 · Foil $3.20

Mana cost: {G}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Protection

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."

Artist: Raph Lomotan

Released: 2025-02-14

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.67
  • TCGplayer foil: $3.20
  • Cardmarket: €0.88
  • Cardmarket foil: €1.46
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$4.71$0.32
236 days of daily prices for Defend the Rider: $0.32 to $0.67
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $0.32 → $0.67 (+109%) · low $0.32 · high $4.71
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Aetherdrift #157) in 5 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.25today
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.29yesterday
CardTraderMP · yesterdayMPregular€0.60yesterday
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.68today
House Of CardsNM · yesterdayNMregularCA$1.10yesterday
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.87today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.91today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.96today
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€0.99yesterday
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€1.51today
CardTraderNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil€1.59yesterday
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€1.61yesterday
Card KingdomMP · todayMPregular$1.95today
TopDeck HeroSP · 4 days agoSPregularCA$3.594 days ago

Truncated: 12 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 26 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 49 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 120 copies tracked

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