Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
- Loyalty
- 4
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar #29 (mythic)
- Price
- $1.17 USD
+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."
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar has 6 printings, first in Battle for Zendikar (2015). EDHREC ranks it #8,996 among Commander cards. It appears most in General Tazri decks (1,297 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Gideon, Ally of Zendikar most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- General Tazri: 1,297 decks
- Katara, the Fearless: 1,182 decks
- Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged: 768 decks
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light: 427 decks
- Worzel, the Protector: 333 decks
- Djeru, With Eyes Open: 290 decks
- Tomik, Wielder of Law: 287 decks
- Mila, Crafty Companion // Lukka, Wayward Bonder: 177 decks
Often played with Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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).
- : 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).
- : 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.)
- : 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.