Gilder Bairn
- Mana cost
- {1}{G/U}{G/U}
- Type
- Creature — Ouphe
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- The List #EVE-152 (uncommon)
{2}{G/U}, {Q}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target permanent. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)
Gilder Bairn has 2 printings, first in Eventide (2008). EDHREC ranks it #17,205 among Commander cards. It appears most in Experiment Kraj decks (806 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Gilder Bairn most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Experiment Kraj: 806 decks
- Mimeoplasm, Revered One: 588 decks
- Vorel of the Hull Clade: 246 decks
- Kiora of Salt and Sand: 22 decks
Often played with Gilder Bairn
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the permanent is already untapped, you can’t activate its {Q} ability. That’s because you can’t pay the “Untap this permanent” cost.
- : Gilder Bairn’s ability will replicate each kind of counter on the targeted permanent, not just +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters.
- : When you activate an {Q} ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can’t be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)
- : The “summoning sickness” rule applies to {Q}. If a creature with an {Q} ability hasn’t been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can’t activate that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.