Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

San Diego Comic-Con 2016 (PS16) #29 · Mythic · Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}

+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 · Illustrated by Eric Deschamps · Released October 1, 2016

Prices

Printings

  1. Pioneer Masters #14 (PIO) · Mythic · 2024
  2. Regional Championship Qualifiers 2022 #1 (PRCQ) · Mythic · 2023 · $9.02 USD
  3. The List #BFZ-29 (PLST) · Mythic · 2020 · $0.75 USD
  4. San Diego Comic-Con 2016 #29 (this printing) · Mythic · 2016 · $16.31 USD foil
  5. Battle for Zendikar #29 (BFZ) · Mythic · 2015 · $1.25 USD
  6. Battle for Zendikar Promos #29s (PBFZ) · Mythic · 2015 · $4.59 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2015-08-25 · wotc — 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).
  2. 2015-08-25 · wotc — 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).
  3. 2015-08-25 · wotc — 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.)
  4. 2015-08-25 · wotc — 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.

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