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◇ Catalog #29

Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

bfz·#29·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Eric Deschamps

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Oct '15

11 yr ago

Value

$2.74+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.80 · low $1.64

NM$1.74

LP—

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HP—

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$1.61–$1.84modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.74low $0.02range 8600.0%n 57

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,897 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$3.78

Nonfoil$1.74

Gameplay

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."

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2015-08-25wotc

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).

2015-08-25wotc

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).

2015-08-25wotc

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.)

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.74. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.74 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BFZ — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #29 of *Battle for Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2015 Battle for Zendikar release.

Card type: Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon, color identity white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2}{W}{W} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,897 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Eric Deschamps. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.