Gideon Jura

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Gideon Jura: Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon
Colour identity
White (W)
Loyalty
6
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
822
Artist
Aleksi Briclot
Commander rank
11,245 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Gideon Jura

Gideon Jura is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white legendary planeswalker from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 822 in that set, with art by Aleksi Briclot. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It enters with 6 loyalty. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Rise of the Eldrazi (2010) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

[+2]: During target opponent's next turn, creatures that player controls attack Gideon Jura if able.

[−2]: Destroy target tapped creature.

[0]: Until end of turn, Gideon Jura becomes a 6/6 Human Soldier creature that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gideon Jura by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Gideon Jura

Gideon Jura has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #24Mythic2022
The List (PLST) #E01-10Mythic2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #77947Mythic2019
Signature Spellbook: Gideon (SS2) #1Mythic2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #65003Mythic2017
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (E01) #10Mythic2017
Magic 2012 (M12) #16Mythic2011
Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) #21Mythic2010

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Gideon Jura, newest first.

  • The first ability only affects the declaration of attackers. If a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking (thanks to Hero of Bladehold, Preeminent Captain, or the Ninjutsu ability, for example), that creature's controller may choose the defending player or planeswalker that it will be attacking in the normal way.
  • If you activate Gideon Jura's third ability and then unpreventable damage is dealt to him (due to Unstable Footing, for example), that damage has all applicable results: specifically, the damage is marked on Gideon Jura (since he's a creature) and that damage causes that many loyalty counters to be removed from him (since he's a planeswalker). If the total amount of damage marked on Gideon Jura is lethal damage, he's destroyed as a state-based action. If Gideon Jura has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard as a state-based action.
  • If a creature controlled by the affected player can't attack Gideon Jura (because he's no longer on the battlefield, for example), that player may have it attack you, another one of your planeswalkers, or nothing at all.
  • Gideon Jura's first ability applies during each combat phase of the affected player's next turn (as opposed to applying during the affected player's next combat phase). The distinction is relevant if there are no combat phases during that turn (due to Fatespinner's effect, for example) or there are multiples (due to World at War, for example).
  • Gideon Jura's first ability doesn't lock in what it applies to. That's because the effect states a true thing about a set of creatures, but doesn't actually change the characteristics of those creatures. As a result, whatever creatures the targeted opponent controls during the declare attackers step of their next turn must attack Gideon Jura if able. This includes creatures that come under that player's control after the ability has resolved and creatures that have lost all abilities.
  • Gideon Jura's third ability causes him to become a creature with the creature types Human Soldier. He remains a planeswalker with the planeswalker type Gideon. (He also retains any other card types or subtypes he may have had.) Each subtype is correlated to the proper card type: Gideon is just a planeswalker type (not a creature type), and Human and Soldier are just creature types (not planeswalker types).
  • If Gideon Jura becomes a creature due to his third ability, that doesn't count as having a creature enter. Gideon Jura was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters won't trigger.
  • Gideon Jura's first ability causes creatures to attack him if able. If, during the affected player's declare attackers step, a creature they control is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or is affected by "summoning sickness," then that creature doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so the creature doesn't have to attack in that case either.

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