Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
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SetPIO
Collector #14
Released2024-12-10
Raritymythic
ArtistEric Deschamps
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
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Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

MythicColour IDMV 4
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
+1: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token.
−4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
Loyalty 4
Card capabilities
Planeswalker
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2015-10-02Newest 2023-02-25Cheapest priced $0.58 in PLST
Rulings (4)
wotc25 Aug 2015
Gideon's first ability doesn't count as a creature entering the battlefield. Gideon was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types. Specifically, your rally abilities won't trigger. (Of course, Gideon's second ability will cause rally abilities to trigger.)
wotc25 Aug 2015
Gideon's first ability causes him to become a creature with the creature types Human, Soldier, and Ally. He remains a planeswalker with the planeswalker type Gideon. (He also retains any other card types or subtypes he may have had.) Each subtype is correlated to the proper card type: planeswalker is only a type (not a creature type), and Human, Soldier, and Ally are just creature types (not planeswalker types).
wotc25 Aug 2015
If Gideon becomes a creature the same turn he enters the battlefield, you can't attack with him or use any of his {T} abilities (if he gains any).
wotc25 Aug 2015
If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon after his first ability has resolved, that damage will have all applicable results: specifically, the damage is marked on Gideon (since he's a creature) and that damage causes that many loyalty counters to be removed from him (since he's a planeswalker). Even though he has indestructible, if Gideon has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard.