Gideon's Resolve
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Gideon, Martial Paragon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23638
Gideon's Resolve pumps your entire team and hands out a free Equipment tutor the turn it lands — two meaningful effects stapled to one enchantment. Five mana is the real cost, and it does nothing the turn you're behind, so it earns its slot only in dedicated go-wide 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 |
Commander is the only format where Gideon's Resolve is worth serious consideration — token-doubling and go-wide strategies operate at a scale where a global +1/+1 and an Equipment tutor both pull real weight. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, five mana for a static anthem that doesn't impact the board immediately is too slow against formats that close games before an enchantment like this stabilizes. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer dynamics, but the smaller deck size and faster games make the five-mana ask even harder to justify outside a dedicated Gideon-planeswalker shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Gideon's Resolve is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no financial upside to chase here; pick it up if the effect fits your list and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.