Gideon, Martial Paragon
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Mana cost: {4}{W}
How we read this card
Untap all creatures you control. Those creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
activated +2 — untaps a permanent
- makes untap a creature
activated +2 — gives +1/+1
Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
activated 0 — turns something into a creature
activated 0 —
- makes damage is prevented
Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. Tap all creatures your opponents control.
activated −10 — gives +2/+2
activated −10 —
- makes tap a creature
Causes: untap a creature, damage is prevented, tap a creature.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon is one).
When Gideon, Martial Paragon is cast:
- Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
- Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
- Defiler of Faith — makes a token
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
- Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon is one).
When Gideon, Martial Paragon enters:
- Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
- Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
- Cloudstone Curio — triggers
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon is one).
- Fishing Pole — When a creature untaps thanks to Gideon, Martial Paragon, Fishing Pole triggers
a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon is one).
When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Gideon, Martial Paragon:
- Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
- Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Lust for War — deals 3 damage
- Insolence — deals 2 damage
- Seizures — deals 3 damage
- Betrayal — draws you 1 card
- Spirit Shackle — puts a counter on a permanent
- Palliation Accord — puts a palliation counter on itself
- Cryoshatter — kills a creature
- Don't Move — kills a creature
11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
damage is prevented — 568 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon is one).
When Gideon, Martial Paragon has damage prevented:
- Phyrexian Vindicator — deals that much damage
- Selfless Squire — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
- New Way Forward — deals that much damage
- Samite Ministration — gains you that much life
- Judgment of Alexander — deals its power damage