Gideon, the Oathsworn
Card Information
Type: Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: War of the Spark (WAR)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 265
Oracle Text
Whenever you attack with two or more non-Gideon creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures. +2: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 5/5 white Soldier creature that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. (He can't attack if he was cast this turn.) −9: Exile Gideon and each creature your opponents control.
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Card Rulings
- May 3, 2019
Gideon's first loyalty ability causes him to become a creature with the creature type 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: planeswalker is only a type (not a creature type), and Soldier is just a creature type (not a planeswalker type).
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
If Gideon has 9 loyalty as you activate his last ability, he'll be put into your graveyard and won't be exiled.
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
A non-Gideon creature is a creature that isn't also a Gideon planeswalker. For example, Gideon's Company is a non-Gideon creature.
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon after his first loyalty 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's also a creature, if Gideon has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard.
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
Gideon's first loyalty ability doesn't count as a creature entering the battlefield. Gideon was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types.
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
Any attacking Gideon creatures won't get a +1/+1 counter, but as long as two or more attacking creatures aren't Gideons, those attacking creatures each get a +1/+1 counter.
Source: wotc - May 3, 2019
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).
Source: wotc
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To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.