Here we are with yet another Planeswalker from Rise of the Eldrazi. Gideon has a really unique set of abilities.
His first ability forces your opponent to attack with all of his/her creatures and can be used to either alpha strike next turn or force your opponent to run into your big blockers.
His second one reminds me very much of Royal Assassin and is pretty amazing especially combined with ability #1.
The coolest part about him though is definitively the ability to attack your opponent himself! Yeah, Planeswalker power! And let’s not forget he can also attack your opponents Planeswalker…
This card seems pretty nicely costed and as most Planeswalkers he is a huge limited bomb.
What do you think? Like? Dislike? Comment below!
Wow, UW Control…
I like this guy a lot.
As Chris said seems good in UW, specifically a tap out control style deck also in a GW mid-range deck looking for some removal/way to get around blockers.
This guy has three abilities you can actually use. I think that’s worth the price of not having an ultimate ability.
Creatures that survive Day of Judgment are pretty sweet.
Nate – Yeah, I was talking with Byer about “how Jade Statue is finally playable.”
Yeah – this guy looks amazing. Between him and Colonnade UW sure can pack a lot of Wrath proof punch. Flavor wise all of his abilities *seem* like they should work well together, but given the once a turn limitations this guy probably is probably “only” a Wrath Proof 187 man.
So with this guy and Elspeth (and to a lesser extent Baneslayer), is U/W now just ridiculous in standard?
Also- did you guys see the new Gifts Ungiven?
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103352&d=1269575997
Stupid
All I can say is that I’m so excited for RoE!
I have a question.
When you activate his second ability and he becomes a 6/6 Human Soldier Creature and it says that it’s still a planeswalker, would that mean you can use Jace’s ability to bounce him back to your hand because he is a creature too or no?
Because if not, that would mean there is no way to kill Gideon because everytime it gets attacked you can attacked his 0 cost ability and never receive damage.
****Because if not, that would mean there is no way to kill Gideon Jura because every time it gets attacked you can *use his 0 cost ability and never receive damage.Except by using destroy target creature effects.
“When you activate his second ability and he becomes a 6/6 Human Soldier Creature and it says that it’s still a planeswalker, would that mean you can use Jace’s ability to bounce him back to your hand because he is a creature too or no?”
Well except you can activate planeswalker abilities only as a sorcery – so jace’s ability and gideon’s ability would never meet each other.