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Gideon the Oathless
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Gideon the Oathless

{2}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary

Ward—Discard a card.

Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, Gideon deals 1 damage to that player.

Whenever an opponent activates a loyalty ability, Gideon deals 1 damage to that player.

"The man who was Kytheon Iora, hero of the people, was lost long ago. I serve no one now."

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Ward
Set
Reality Fracture (FRA #230)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2026-10-02
Artist
Manuel Castañón
EDHREC rank
#18,514
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.25
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Clackbridge Troll 75 %+73.0 %
  2. Blood Seeker 73 %+71.6 %
  3. Genesis Chamber 72 %+69.8 %
  4. Hunted Bonebrute 71 %+69.7 %
  5. Slaughter Specialist 71 %+68.2 %
  6. Akroan Horse 67 %+66.6 %
  7. Hunted Horror 65 %+64.3 %
  8. Infernal Genesis 60 %+60.1 %
  9. Forbidden Orchard 61 %+59.6 %
  10. Tribute to Horobi 60 %+59.6 %
  11. Panharmonicon 58 %+56.6 %
  12. Dowsing Dagger 55 %+54.0 %
  13. Awaken the Erstwhile 50 %+47.9 %
  14. Curse of Disturbance 47 %+46.2 %
  15. Massacre Wurm 61 %+43.9 %
  16. Illness in the Ranks 39 %+38.2 %
  17. Revenge of Ravens 40 %+37.5 %
  18. Tombstone Stairwell 38 %+36.7 %
  19. Nettling Nuisance 36 %+36.2 %
  20. Trespasser's Curse 35 %+34.2 %
  21. Acorn Catapult 33 %+32.5 %
  22. Syr Konrad, the Grim 52 %+31.8 %
  23. Not Dead After All 43 %+31.3 %
  24. Maha, Its Feathers Night 33 %+28.4 %
  25. Wound Reflection 32 %+28.3 %
  26. Virulent Plague 28 %+27.7 %
  27. Mai, Scornful Striker 27 %+25.6 %
  28. Transmogrifying Wand 26 %+25.5 %
  29. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 36 %+25.4 %
  30. Creeping Bloodsucker 29 %+24.2 %
  31. Basilisk Collar 27 %+23.8 %
  32. Undying Malice 34 %+23.7 %
  33. Cast Away Doubt 24 %+22.8 %
  34. Saw in Half 32 %+22.7 %
  35. Dark Salvation 23 %+22.1 %
  36. Deadly Tempest 23 %+21.4 %
  37. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+21.1 %
  38. Grievous Wound 23 %+21.1 %
  39. Blood Artist 53 %+21.0 %
  40. Dingus Staff 21 %+20.6 %
  41. Decorum Dissertation 26 %+19.8 %
  42. Painful Quandary 29 %+19.4 %
  43. Imp's Mischief 45 %+19.3 %
  44. Malakir Rebirth 43 %+18.8 %
  45. Malakir Rebirth 43 %+18.8 %
  46. The Master of Lake-town 22 %+18.7 %
  47. The Meathook Massacre 36 %+18.5 %
  48. Darkness 29 %+18.1 %
  49. Grafted Exoskeleton 19 %+17.5 %
  50. War Room 33 %+17.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 95 %-0.9 %
  2. Sol Ring 82 %-3.2 %
  3. Clackbridge Troll 75 %+73.0 %
  4. Blood Seeker 73 %+71.6 %
  5. Genesis Chamber 72 %+69.8 %
  6. Hunted Bonebrute 71 %+69.7 %
  7. Slaughter Specialist 71 %+68.2 %
  8. Akroan Horse 67 %+66.6 %
  9. Hunted Horror 65 %+64.3 %
  10. Jet Medallion 64 %+2.4 %
  11. Cabal Coffers 64 %+8.9 %
  12. Dark Ritual 64 %-3.9 %
  13. Massacre Wurm 61 %+43.9 %
  14. Forbidden Orchard 61 %+59.6 %
  15. Infernal Genesis 60 %+60.1 %
  16. Tribute to Horobi 60 %+59.6 %
  17. Bojuka Bog 58 %+10.6 %
  18. Panharmonicon 58 %+56.6 %
  19. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 55 %+4.7 %
  20. Dowsing Dagger 55 %+54.0 %
  21. Arcane Signet 55 %-6.4 %
  22. Crypt Ghast 54 %+7.6 %
  23. Feed the Swarm 54 %+4.0 %
  24. Blood Artist 53 %+21.0 %
  25. Syr Konrad, the Grim 52 %+31.8 %
  26. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 50 %+11.9 %
  27. Awaken the Erstwhile 50 %+47.9 %
  28. Withering Torment 50 %+17.3 %
  29. Phyrexian Arena 47 %+8.0 %
  30. Curse of Disturbance 47 %+46.2 %
  31. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+21.1 %
  32. Toxic Deluge 46 %+8.8 %
  33. Imp's Mischief 45 %+19.3 %
  34. Sign in Blood 45 %+10.1 %
  35. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 44 %+14.4 %
  36. Not Dead After All 43 %+31.3 %
  37. Malakir Rebirth 43 %+18.8 %
  38. Malakir Rebirth 43 %+18.8 %
  39. Night's Whisper 41 %+15.3 %
  40. Ayara, First of Locthwain 40 %+14.8 %
  41. Cabal Stronghold 40 %+5.8 %
  42. Revenge of Ravens 40 %+37.5 %
  43. Illness in the Ranks 39 %+38.2 %
  44. Black Market Connections 39 %+13.5 %
  45. Deadly Rollick 38 %+12.2 %
  46. Tombstone Stairwell 38 %+36.7 %
  47. The Darkness Crystal 37 %+17.1 %
  48. Bontu's Monument 37 %+9.0 %
  49. Nettling Nuisance 36 %+36.2 %
  50. The Meathook Massacre 36 %+18.5 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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