Gideon, Martial Paragon
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
+2: Untap all creatures you control. Those creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
−10: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. Tap all creatures your opponents control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16201
Gideon, Martial Paragon untaps your whole team and pumps them +1/+1 until end of turn for five mana — a combat trick at planeswalker scale. The Peregrine Dynamo can copy his +1 loyalty ability, but even without that interaction, five mana for a mass-untap that doubles as an anthem is a real rate in token strategies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gideon, Martial Paragon is a role-player in go-wide white token decks — the +1 pulls real weight when you're untapping ten creatures and swinging again. Outside Commander, the five-mana cost is a hard ceiling: Pioneer and Modern have moved well past what a five-mana planeswalker with no immediate board impact can offer, and Legacy and Vintage wouldn't consider him at any price. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card-adjacent format where he can serve as a signature spell's support piece, but even there you're competing against more efficient options. He's a Commander card, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Gideon, Martial ParagonThe Peregrine Dynamo
Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
The Sixth DoctorRomana IIGideon, Martial Paragon
Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
Luxior, Giada's GiftEmiel the BlessedGideon, Martial Paragon
Infinite blinking of creatures and planeswalkers; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite planeswalker activations; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
Luxior, Giada's GiftEldrazi DisplacerGideon, Martial Paragon
Infinite blinking of creatures and planeswalkers; Infinite LTB; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite planeswalker activations
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Gideon, Martial Paragon isn't available at the moment, so check your local game store or a site like Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. As a planeswalker with a narrow competitive home, he tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if the price is low and the strategy fits.
Explore
Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.