I find him quite good in Azorius. Detain keeps their creatures present but defenseless for Gideon to level up on. He can human up before board-wipes and swing at a defenseless opponent after. Gideon never was suited to fighting alone. Gideon Jura needed creatures to protect him while he brought on the attack - creatures to kill the little utility creatures he'd lured in - and only after that could he retaliate. Gideon is as white as Elspeth or Ajani - he needs a strong community behind him, be it a battalion or a company of skyknights.
The deck I have around him right now is straight forward Azorius human deck, based on board wipes and battlefield medic's to keep my creature count higher than theirs. It doesn't happen very often, but my favorite thing to do is planar cleansing letting all my creatures die. Next turn tap all my mana and Gideon's ultimate. Play Angel of Glo... (see all)
Posted By:
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
(12/24/2013 8:25:53 PM)
I am fairly new to MTG so please bear with me if this is a silly question...
When I play Gideon and my opponent has 2 creatures, I activate his +1 and I get +1 loyalty and +2 for the creatures, totaling +3 loyalty same turn he is played and making him +7 total LP.
On the second turn, if there are still just 2 opponent creatures on the battlefield, and I activate his +1 again... Do I get +3 loyalty this time too, even if it is the same 2 opponent creatures??
Posted By:
xwhitemousex
(12/25/2013 9:21:53 PM)
I put him in a deck that has a bunch of Wrath of God, Cataclysm and Jokulhaups type spells. I don't anticipate ever needing to use his final ability. Assemble the Legion is the typical win condition, but if Gideon's around, they will let him lend a hand. 4/5
Posted By:
Pongdok
(5/3/2014 8:29:13 PM)
This guy has a great auxiliary purpose in a white/black tokens deck (if the following is allowed), here's how: Pump him for long enough with his +1 ability, then when the time's right, drop his 0 ability to turn him into a creature, enchant him with Murder Investigation , then sacrifice the poor guy with Devour Flesh. Instant craptons of Soldier tokens. Steamroll to win.
Posted By:
IAmTheIceman
(5/5/2014 11:38:34 PM)
Make a fort of defenders. Have this guy be the king. Wrath, hit for game.
I would say a planeswalker that only fits in a certain deck is very good, but a planeswalker that needs a deck to be made after him is bad.
2/5
I just...idk. It has stuff going on but it doesn't do it for me.
I'd really love him to be at 5-6 mana and beefed way up. Something like
5 loyalty
+5 Creatures you control cannot attack this turn.
-2 Gideon deals damage to target creature equal to his loyalty
0: Until end of turn becomes a creature with power equal to loyalty, shroud, trample.
They expensive loyalty would mean he comes down late, but that's how you use him anyway, and this would make his a primary deck card, as opposed to a card you side in or out depending on how creature based the opposition's deck is.
Posted By:
tastified
(5/10/2014 7:21:04 AM)
I've always liked this guy, and he helped me win a Game Day playmat yesterday.
He's good against aggro, since he can easily have 8 counters right when you play him, and he's good against control since he avoids sorcery speed removal.
Posted By:
The_AC
(5/25/2014 12:58:16 PM)