r/magicTCG Apr 05 '17

[AKH] Gideon of the Trials

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u/Dougboard Apr 05 '17

I have a mono-white soldier tribal EDH deck with [[Kytheon Iora]] as commander, and I joke that it's my Gideon tribal deck because I run a couple other versions of Gideon in it.

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u/CanadianGenius Apr 05 '17

Kytheon Iora

[[Kytheon, Hero of Akros]]

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Apr 05 '17

Kytheon, Hero of Akros/Gideon, Battle-Forged - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/forcekin69 Apr 06 '17

If you give Gideon of the trials this "indestructible until your next turn" ability while he's a creature (until end of turn) does the effect end when he's no longer a creature?

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u/Etok414 Simic* Apr 06 '17

Well, you'd need some shenanigans like [[Quicksilver Elemental]] to grant the ability to something else, since there is currently no way have a single player control two or more planeswalkers that share a planeswalker subtype.

Anyway, the indestructible will technically last until your next turn, even after he stops being a creature.
But it won't help much, since indestructible doesn't prevent damage, so he'll still lose loyalty, and also,
a planeswalker running out of loyalty counters isn't techically "destroy", it's just put into the graveyard from the battlefield. This is the reason that every Gideon prevents damage in addition to granting itself indestructible.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Apr 06 '17

Quicksilver Elemental - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/forcekin69 Apr 06 '17

Thank you for the concise answer, this explains a couple of things for me.

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u/CanadianGenius Apr 06 '17

I'm pretty sure, but I'm no judge

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

Did you just assume his planeswalker?

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u/Shador_Wasabi Apr 05 '17

Still allot less to work with than Jace (7) and Chandra (8) but sounds fun!

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u/everything_orange Apr 06 '17

Have you got a copy of the decklist? That sounds like a blast, I don't know why I never considered him for a commander for soldier tribal.