Since it puts all damage onto an equipped creature instead of you, if you equip Pariah's Shield to a creature with indestructible then that won't be killed through damage either, keeping you safe so long as Pariah's Shield is attached to something
If they have a big blocker and you swing in, theyre left with a 2/2, which opens the way to attacks
This Common card is numbered 20/88 in the set
HAYSTACK Any jokes aside, this card can put in some work by protecting a creature you have, or if you are running it in decks like Agrus Kos Eternal Soldier, protect your whole board
Back in The Brothers War, for example, we got the bottom-left corner of Myrel, Shield of Argive
it gives a sense of scale to Zendikar and retroactively nods to how giant monsters like the eldrazi can manifest and still leave room for all the denizens to fight back