You can control two of this permanent, one front-face up and the other back-face up, at the same time.
Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged
The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a mana value equal to the mana value of its front face. Each back face has a color indicator that defines its color.
If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down (this is also true if it's put onto the battlefield face down some other way). Note that "face down" is not synonymous with "with its back face up." A manifested double-faced card is a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. While face down, it can't transform. If the front face of a manifested double-faced card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up. A double-faced card on the battlefield can't be turned face down.
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 #23 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Soldier // 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. Keyword abilities: Transform.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,086 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Willian Murai. Rarix catalogs 244 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Willian Murai
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