MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #14

Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#14·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Eric Deschamps

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,897 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes 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 #14 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters 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.