I'm liking the combo of green + green. Don't need any other creatures unlike the other cartouches, and a 5/3 is a great creature to send into a fight.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - Have you ever had decks with a Pharaoh?
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I'm liking the combo of green + green. Don't need any other creatures unlike the other cartouches, and a 5/3 is a great creature to send into a fight.
TheBlackMarvel
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That Gideon seems insane.
Infinite Stars
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Oh Gosh.
"I'll stop any damage you can do with Your Heart of Kiran, then crew my heart on defense"
Like, who at Wizard's keeps thinking Gideon needs "free" Ultimates? Between this and Ally of Zendikar you'd think that Gideon gets to pop his Ultimate the moment he enters play.
Simply Sarah
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Sure. The biggest issue with auras is that they're generally asking to be 2 for 1ed. Here, however, they can actually give you card advantage in the form of cards with quite reasonable rates.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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they are playing echoing truths and chain of vapor for that reason though. Phyrexian Unlife accomplishes the same after all.
I like how you can deal 2 damage to the opponent with it.
Read the Bones, what'd they do to you
At least this puts blue in a firm second place for best card draw.
Oh yeah, that's a good point.
Yeah, he's obviously worse than Ally of Zendikar, but that is maybe top 5 PWs ever.
Read the Bones, what'd they do to you
At least this puts blue in a firm second place for best card draw.
That's how you win against a Worship invocation in limited x)
I dunno, this line seems real good:
Turn 1 - Land
Turn 2 - Land, Heart of Kiran
Turn 3 - Land, Gideon of the Trials, make emblem, remove counter to crew Heart
Turn 4 - Land, Crew Heart using Gideon of the Trials, play Gideon Ally of Zendikar
Jura is still better than this in cube by a mile IMO. White has too many busted 3 drops anyway.
Gideon is always Indistructable while he is a creature. There is no window for Push
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Simply Sarah
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If he's not indestructible then he's not a creature since both are until EoT. Fatal Push is a no go.
But after that it isn't a creature and can't be targeted though.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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This card feels like a control card to me actually. Yeah the Heart of Kiran interaction makes it possible to go aggressive but in a hard UW control shell you drop it emblem at a low health then protect him with the open mana, then depending on what you need you either start attacking for 4 each turn or prevent some more damage trying to stabilize.
Yeah I agree it's better, but not by a mile. It's more important thought IMO since it's great both in control and midrange decks. I think I'll just go Gideon tribal.
Yes, I thought it goes without saying the player would sacrifice the turn 3 Gideon when playing the turn 4 Gideon. You don't need him anymore once you have the bigger, token creating one down AND the emblem. That's why you crew Heart first, THEN play BFZ Gideon.
Or alternatively, just use the 3cc Gideon to beat face and crew the Heart of Kiran and do something else on turn 4.
Having both Gideons in the same deck means a lot of dead draws.
Simply Sarah
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I think it's more interesting that new Gideon can completely shut down a Heart or skyboat or other vehicle or potential damage source with his +1.
divisionbyzorro
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EDIT: This dumbass didn't read the card right nothing to see here.
It's a Gideon world and we're just living in it.
In all honestly, with the amount of MM17 events I did and being able to complete my burn deck again, I'm probably gonna stick with Modern and Legacy from here on. I'll still hit up pre-releases and special limited events but if standard is a one-tier deck again, then I'm dropping out.
In all honestly, with the amount of MM17 events I did and being able to complete my burn deck again, I'm probably gonna stick with Modern and Legacy from here on. I'll still hit up pre-releases and special limited events but if standard is a one-tier deck again, then I'm dropping out.
They return from play.
While powering up a Heart. And at 3 mana you curve into him with Heart.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I would have flipped a table if that was Jace
I don't understand what you're saying. The Trials bounce to your hand when you play a cartouche.
GregLombardi
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That Gideon is one of the stupidest fucking magic cards I have ever seen. It may have its weaknesses, but its upside is so absurd for a 3 mana walker. What on earth are they doing?
Cosmo Clock 21
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Making more pushed mythics to make people want to buy more packs
Infinite Stars
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Saying that this is worse then Ally of Zendikar is true, but Ally of Zendikar is in the top 5 Planeswalkers Ever Printed. It's like complaining that Jace Architect of Thought isn't as good as Mindsculptor. (For reference, the top 5 is Jace TMS, LotV, LtLH, GAoZ, and Ajani Vengant)
divisionbyzorro
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:lol
I guess I should just learn to read. I'd mentally inserted a "from the graveyard" when reading the cards for some reason. Nevermind me carry on.
GregLombardi
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Yup, and for the first time I am actually annoyed with this because the card seems incredibly stupidly strong.
Turn 3 gideon with +1, turn 4 cat, emblem gideon, +1 gideon. Go.
Turn 5 Saheeli, +1 gideon if combo removed.
Simply Sarah
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Familienoberhauptvogel
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Karn, Ugin, Dack, Nahiri, Garruk,...?
Elsepth Knight Errant is my number 3 just behind Mind Sculptor and Lily
I'd put Karn above Ajani and probably even GAoZ. Being a pillar in a non-rotating format has to be worth something.
If this weren't Gideon, it would curve into Gideon, Ally of Zendikar.
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