Gideon of the Trials
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
Mana cost: {1}{W}{W}
How we read this card
Until your next turn, prevent all damage target permanent would deal.
activated +1 —
- makes prevented permanent
Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 4/4 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
You get an emblem with "As long as you control a Gideon planeswalker, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game."
activated 0 — gets an emblem
Causes: prevented permanent , damage is prevented.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon of the Trials is one).
When Gideon of the Trials 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 of the Trials is one).
When Gideon of the Trials 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.
damage is prevented — 568 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon of the Trials is one).
When Gideon of the Trials 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