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Magic: The Gathering · Jumpstart 2022 · Mythic

Gideon, Champion of Justice

Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon

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Gideon, Champion of Justice
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Rules Text

+1: Put a loyalty counter on Gideon for each creature target opponent controls.0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a Human Soldier creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him and gains indestructible. He's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.−15: Exile all other permanents.

Card Facts

Mana value
4
Loyalty
4
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#13,964
Rarity
Mythic

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Jul 1, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon, Champion of Justice after his second 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, Champion of Justice has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard as a state-based action.

  2. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the first ability doesn't resolve (perhaps because the target opponent is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve), you won't put any additional loyalty counters on Gideon, although the loyalty counter you put on him to activate the ability will remain.

  3. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    If Gideon, Champion of Justice becomes a creature due to his second ability, that doesn't count as having a creature enter. Gideon was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters won't trigger.

  4. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    Gideon, Champion of Justice's power and toughness are set to the number of loyalty counters on him when his second ability resolves. They won't change later in the turn if the number of loyalty counters on him changes.

  5. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    You put a loyalty counter on Gideon, Champion of Justice as part of the cost of activating the first ability. When that ability resolves, you count the number of creatures controlled by the target opponent and put that many additional loyalty counters on Gideon.

  6. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    Gideon, Champion of Justice's second ability causes him to become a creature with the creature types Human and Soldier. 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: Gideon is just a planeswalker type (not a creature type), and Human and Soldier are just creature types (not planeswalker types).

  7. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    Say you activate Gideon, Champion of Justice's second ability, and then an opponent gains control of him before combat. You may have any of your creatures attack Gideon, Champion of Justice (since he's still a planeswalker). Then Gideon, Champion of Justice may block (since he's a creature). He may block any eligible attacking creature, including one that's attacking him! During combat, he behaves as an attacked planeswalker and/or a blocking creature, as appropriate. For example, he deals combat damage to any creatures he's blocking, but he doesn't deal combat damage to any unblocked creatures that are attacking him.

  8. Jan 24, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast

    If Gideon, Champion of Justice becomes a creature the same turn he enters, you can't attack with him or use any of his {T} abilities (if he gains any).

Printings

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3 printings
Jumpstart 2022
Jumpstart 2022J22 · $0.42
Commander 2021
Commander 2021C21 · $0.42
Gatecrash
GatecrashGTC · $0.41
Community

Decks using this card

2 public decks run Gideon, Champion of Justice.


MTGCommanderB1

Breena

AU
Aub9 months ago
200
MTGCommanderB2

Silverquill Statement (Commander 2021 Preconstructed Deck)

WizardsOfTheCoast
WizardsOfTheCoast1 year ago
200