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Gideon, the Oathsworn

{4}{W}{W}

Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon

WARWar of the Spark#265mythic
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Kieran Yanner
Found in
War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck Gideon
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.
Loyalty 4

Plays as: Attack Trigger · Counter Placer

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
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Cheapest playable copy$0.80· across 1 printing

Rulings

7 · latest May 3, 2019 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 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.

  • WotCMay 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.

  • WotCMay 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).

  • WotCMay 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.

  • WotCMay 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).

  • WotCMay 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.

  • WotCMay 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.