Gideon's Defeat
Hour of Devastation 13 • uncommon
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 13
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Exile target white creature that's attacking or blocking. If it was a Gideon planeswalker, you gain 5 life.
"Gideon, how easy it must be to play the protector when you think yourself untouchable. How wrong you are."— Nicol Bolas
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Gideon's Defeat was released in the 2017 Magic: The Gathering expansion, Hour of Devastation. The set depicted the catastrophic arrival of the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas on the plane of Amonkhet. This card specifically represents a pivotal moment in the narrative where the invincible warrior Gideon Jura, believing he could fell the dragon, suffers a decisive and humbling loss, marking a thematic shift in the block's story toward vulnerability and despair.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Bastien L. Deharme. His design aimed to capture the stark contrast between Bolas’s overwhelming arcane power and Gideon's physical might, utilizing high-contrast lighting and a composition that emphasizes the scale of the dragon against the hero. Within the game, the card functions as a situational white-aligned removal spell, specifically balanced to target red and black creatures, reflecting the color identities involved in the battle.
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