Gideon Jura
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
+2: During target opponent's next turn, creatures that player controls attack Gideon Jura if able.
−2: Destroy target tapped creature.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon Jura becomes a 6/6 Human Soldier creature that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10945
Gideon Jura hits the table and immediately forces your opponents' creatures into a bad attack, buying you a full turn of breathing room while sitting on six loyalty. The five-mana cost is real, but Commodore Guff and any planeswalker-dense shell get enough mileage out of that threat-redirection to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff's passive adds loyalty counters to every other planeswalker you control, which means Gideon Jura enters and immediately starts ticking toward the indestructible-creature mode faster than normal — and Guff's draw trigger fires whenever any planeswalker dies, so Gideon pulling attacks onto himself turns into card advantage when he falls.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gideon Jura is a niche include — planeswalker-tribal decks led by Commodore Guff run it for the loyalty synergies, but in a vacuum a five-mana planeswalker that doesn't close games fast is hard to justify at a 100-card table with three opponents. In Legacy and Vintage, Gideon Jura saw occasional sideboard play against creature-heavy aggro strategies, where forcing attacks and then becoming an indestructible blocker could buy enough turns to stabilize — but those roles have largely been filled by cheaper or more impactful options. Modern is legal but irrelevant; the format's tempo doesn't accommodate a five-drop that doesn't immediately win the game. Oathbreaker is the other realistic home, where Gideon Jura can serve as the signature spell for a white-aligned planeswalker gameplan, though that's a narrow use case.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Gideon Jura is firmly bulk — wide availability from multiple printings has pushed the price floor as low as it goes. Don't expect movement; the card fills a specific role in planeswalker-synergy decks and nowhere else, so demand stays narrow.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.