Oops all Gideons

Commander / EDH Allies Control Mono-White Superfriends Tokens Weenie

Icehand

Creature (21)

• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Expedition Envoy
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Hero of Goma Fada
• 1x Kabira Evangel
• 1x Kor Bladewhirl
• 1x Kor Entanglers
• 1x Lantern Scout
• 1x Makindi Patrol
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Munda's Vanguard
• 1x Ondu Cleric
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Talus Paladin
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 1x Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 1x Gideon Jura
• 1x Gideon, Martial Paragon
• 1x Gideon of the Trials

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gideon's Intervention
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Oath of Gideon
• 1x Retreat to Emeria
• 1x Rule of Law

Artifact (10)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Land (36)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 30x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Riot Control
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Call the Gatewatch
• 1x Resurrection
• 1x Wrath of God

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This deck came about when I saw Helm of the Host and it's interaction with a creature form of Gideon. You can turn a Gideon into a creature, equip him then go to combat. Getting lots of Gideons is pretty great, especially when you can stack lots of kor ally tokens or Gideon, Ally of Zendikar emblems.

The deck runs every Gideon except for the flip creature from origins, I chose to leave him out because he is a little too inconsistent to flip in the early game. The deck runs Djeru, With Eyes Open as the general so you can fetch a walker on turn 5 if you don't have one in hand OR if you have a walker out from turn 3/4 he can help protect them with his damage prevention ability.

The deck runs an ally subtheme using the rally ability that BFZ gave them along with a few of the classic Zendikar abilities. I chose to include this as the subtheme as allies are relatively cheap in cost and can give you blockers for the early game. Timing the ETB triggers along with activating the Gideon creature abilities can give you powerful effects to go far ahead your opponent like with lifelink.

White has issues getting cards and lands into hand, so this deck runs a few ways to help fix this issue. Land Tax and Sword of the Animist get lands, Land Tax specifically lets you thin out the deck and get plains in hand while Sword of the Animist fetched them from the deck directly onto the battlefield.

Mind's Eye gets you cards even if not many each turn cycle. It is worth it to save the mana to draw on an opponent's draw step if your hand is empty or out of has. Mentor of the Meek isn't the easiest to trigger in this deck, but with all of the tokens your walkers can give you each turn it might be worth it to play Mentor of the Meek then Elspeth, Sun's Champion wait a turn and when you next +1 Elspeth you could pay the cost 3 times to draw cards (as you will have 6 mana if you could cast Elspeth).

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	UBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.30
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance