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Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged — back face
Back face (default printing artwork)
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SetPLST
Collector #ORI-23
Released2023-05-08
Raritymythic
ArtistWillian Murai
LanguageEN
Layouttransform
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged

MythicColour IDMV 1
Two-faced — transforms during play
Kytheon, Hero of Akros
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
At end of combat, if Kytheon and at least two other creatures attacked this combat, exile Kytheon, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
: Kytheon gains indestructible until end of turn.
2 / 1
Gideon, Battle-Forged
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
+2: Up to one target creature an opponent controls attacks Gideon during its controller's next turn if able.
+1: Until your next turn, target creature gains indestructible. Untap that creature.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
Loyalty 3
Keywords
Transform
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creaturePlaneswalker
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2015-07-09Newest 2024-12-10Cheapest priced $1.62 in V17
Rulings (18)
wotc29 Sept 2017
You can control two of this permanent, one front-face up and the other back-face up, at the same time.
wotc8 Apr 2016
The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a mana value equal to the mana value of its front face. Each back face has a color indicator that defines its color.
wotc22 Jun 2015
You can activate one of the planeswalker's loyalty abilities the turn it enters the battlefield. However, you may do so only during one of your main phases when the stack is empty. For example, if the planeswalker enters the battlefield during combat, there will be an opportunity for your opponent to remove it before you can activate one of its abilities.
wotc22 Jun 2015
The back face of a double-faced card (in the case of Magic Origins, the planeswalker face) can't be cast.
wotc22 Jun 2015
Gideon's third ability causes him to become a creature with the creature types Human Soldier. 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: Gideon is just a planeswalker type (not a creature type), and Human and Soldier are just creature types (not planeswalker types).
wotc22 Jun 2015
The mana value of a double-faced card not on the battlefield is the mana value of its front face.