Always remember the best card to deal with Gideon during combat: Skullcrack
Posted By:
yergie123
(2/3/2013 1:15:48 PM)
@ SyntheticDreamer
Was the original Gideon ever capable of animating himself to block?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
Posted By:
figgerhaggotnater
(2/3/2013 8:57:13 PM)
If it bothers you that he dies too easily to a creature swarm, may I remind you that you're playing him with one of the best damage-preventative colors in the game? In standard format, Divine Reflection seems to be a good (if costly) way to help keep him alive, but otherwise you can use Holy Day.
Posted By:
Totema
(2/3/2013 11:56:07 PM)
Haha, what is this I don't even.
But seriously, I'm not a huge fan. A Boros colored Gideon would have been more exciting.
I mean, maybe turbo fog? I just don't even want to use him in anything.
Yuck.
Posted By:
PonchoGrande
(2/4/2013 7:09:50 PM)
no colonel sanders you're wrong, gideon's right. play with this guy and eat crow haters. hes stellar.
Posted By:
shockmoney
(2/4/2013 11:31:00 PM)
More situational than most planeswalkers, perhaps. But I can't help but like this concept that can turn what would have been a horrific loss into an epic win. Facing off against, say, a token deck, if you can just hold the fort a couple of turns (Holy Day and Safe Passage help) he can get more than 15 counters. Then you tap all your mana, blow up the field, and cast something.
Ideally, you're left with both Gideon and something else, whereas your opponent is left with nothing. There is no coming back from this because he blows up lands, too. Avacyn won't protect you from him, either, because he exiles.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(2/5/2013 10:29:23 AM)
I doubt you'll need the ultimate ability. Just keep alternating between pumping him up and swinging with his 0 ability. give him trample
Posted By:
Smoke_Stack
(2/6/2013 7:26:34 AM)
Seems really situational and underwhelming. He can get a lot of counters and be an indestructible beatstick sure, but the old Gideon could do that while defending you at the same time. Probably a sideboard card this time around, which is a shame because I really love his character.
EDIT: Holy crap was I wrong about this guy. I built a UW tempo/control deck with him in it and he works wonders. Aggro will usually overextend to get at him so you can wipe the board next turn, and most control decks don't have a good way to deal with him so he becomes a very short clock. I haven't lost a single game where he hit the board.
Posted By:
rollinsclone
(2/8/2013 7:56:04 AM)
This guy looks boss in foil, and well not as powerful as his Eldrazi era form, this guy is nasty, i lost cause he ultimated...
5/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(2/10/2013 10:52:26 AM)
So good in EDH! I played a game recently where, after like the fifth board-wipe, two of my opponents just couldn't stabilize and died to a bunch of angel tokens from the Ghave player's Luminarch Ascension. Then I popped Gideon's ultimate, exiling everything but Gideon himself, who still had 6 loyalty counters. After that, I just bashed my remaining opponent's face in turn after turn.
Granted, that situation is not likely to come up often, but he's still a really good planeswalker, especially for multiplayer. If he isn't dealt with immediately, he will remain a constant threat from both his combat prowess and his looming ultimate.
Posted By:
ParishInquisitor
(2/13/2013 9:48:14 AM)