Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
Legendary Creature — Halfling Soldier
LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#218rare
Foil
"Here do I swear fealty to Gondor, until my lord release me, or death take me."
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- triangle
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 59–1738
- Illustrator
- Bartłomiej Gaweł
- Found in
- The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Set Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Collector Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Draft Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Vigilance, ward 
: 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.)
2/2
: 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.)VigilanceWard
Plays as: Board Protection
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-11.3%
$1.02
$0.25 low-$0.08 gap
Foil+1.0%
$1.06
$0.41 low-$0.04 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$1.02as of 2026-07-12
-11.3%
H $1.37L $0.12since Feb 2024$0.25
$0.33
-$0.08-32% · buylist > ask
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Foil
$1.06as of 2026-07-12
+1.0%
H $1.58L $0.19since Feb 2024$0.41
$0.45
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Cheapest playable copy$0.74· across 6 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Jun 16, 2023 · one tap opens all
- WotCJun 16, 2023
You may choose any card type. The ones that may appear in a normal game of Magic are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Supertypes such as legendary and basic may not be chosen. Subtypes such as Halfling, Aura, and Forest also may not be chosen.