- Gideon, Champion of Justice
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Gideon, Champion of Justice
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mana_cost
Supertypes
Legendary
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Types
Planeswalker
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Subtypes
Gideon
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Details
Rules
[+1]: Put a loyalty counter on Gideon for each creature target opponent controls.
[0]: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a Human Soldier creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him and gains indestructible. He's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
[−15]: Exile all other permanents.
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Loyalty
4
loyalty
Color Identity
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Rarity
Mythic
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Number
189
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Artist
David Rapoza
artist
Language
English
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(EN)
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Expansion
Jumpstart 2022
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Rulings
Gideon, Champion of Justice's power and toughness are set to the number of loyalty counters on him when his second ability resolves. They won't change later in the turn if the number of loyalty counters on him changes.
2013-01-24
Gideon, Champion of Justice's second ability causes him to become a creature with the creature types Human and 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: Gideon is just a planeswalker type (not a creature type), and Human and Soldier are just creature types (not planeswalker types).
2013-01-24
If Gideon, Champion of Justice becomes a creature due to his second ability, that doesn't count as having a creature enter. Gideon was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters won't trigger.
2013-01-24
If Gideon, Champion of Justice becomes a creature the same turn he enters, you can't attack with him or use any of his {T} abilities (if he gains any).
2013-01-24
If the first ability doesn't resolve (perhaps because the target opponent is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve), you won't put any additional loyalty counters on Gideon, although the loyalty counter you put on him to activate the ability will remain.
2013-01-24
Say you activate Gideon, Champion of Justice's second ability, and then an opponent gains control of him before combat. You may have any of your creatures attack Gideon, Champion of Justice (since he's still a planeswalker). Then Gideon, Champion of Justice may block (since he's a creature). He may block any eligible attacking creature, including one that's attacking him! During combat, he behaves as an attacked planeswalker and/or a blocking creature, as appropriate. For example, he deals combat damage to any creatures he's blocking, but he doesn't deal combat damage to any unblocked creatures that are attacking him.
2013-01-24
You put a loyalty counter on Gideon, Champion of Justice as part of the cost of activating the first ability. When that ability resolves, you count the number of creatures controlled by the target opponent and put that many additional loyalty counters on Gideon.
2013-01-24
If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon, Champion of Justice after his second 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 has indestructible, if Gideon, Champion of Justice has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard as a state-based action.
2013-07-01
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Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
J22-189
name
string
The name of the card
Gideon, Champion of Justice
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{2}{W}{W}
supertypes
string[]
The supertypes of card, such as Legendary.
Legendary
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Planeswalker
subtypes
string[]
The subtypes of the card, such as Storyborn or Hero.
Gideon
loyalty
string
The loyalty of the planeswalker
4
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
W
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
variants.prices
object[]
The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Mythic
number
string
The card number
189
artist
string
The artist of the card
David Rapoza
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/J22-189/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Jumpstart 2022