Gideon's Sacrifice
Gideon's Sacrifice: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 68
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- Commander rank
- 5,424 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Gideon's Sacrifice
Gideon's Sacrifice is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white instant from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 68 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from War of the Spark (2019) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it's still on the battlefield).
To Liliana's surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Gideon's Sacrifice by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Gideon's Sacrifice
Gideon's Sacrifice has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #WAR-14 | Common | 2026 |
| War of the Spark (WAR) #14 | Common | 2019 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Gideon's Sacrifice, newest first.
- If you control no creatures or planeswalkers as Gideon's Sacrifice resolves, nothing happens. The damage redirection effect won't be able to be applied to any damage events.
- More damage can be redirected to the chosen creature than it has toughness or to the chosen planeswalker than it has loyalty, as long as that damage is all dealt at once (like combat damage is) or is all dealt while a single spell or ability is resolving.
- If the chosen creature or planeswalker isn't on the battlefield or isn't a creature or planeswalker at the time damage would be dealt, the damage won't be redirected.
- Gideon's Sacrifice doesn't change the source of the damage or whether the damage is combat damage.
- Gideon's Sacrifice has no effect on damage already dealt earlier in the turn.
- If you cast more than one Gideon's Sacrifice in one turn, all damage that would be dealt at once to you and/or permanents you control is dealt to one of the chosen permanents of your choice. It's not dealt to all of them, and you can't split the damage between them. The next time damage would be dealt to you, you may choose a different one of those permanents to be dealt that damage.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Gideon's Sacrifice is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.