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Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier // Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon · {W} · White commander

At end of combat, if Kytheon and at least two other creatures attacked this combat, exile Kytheon, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. {2}{W}: Kytheon gains indestructible until end of turn. +2: Up to one target creature an opponent controls attacks Gideon during its controller's next turn if able. +1: Until your next turn, target creature gains indestructible. Untap that creature. 0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.

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What Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · otherAt end of combat, if Kytheon and at least two other creatures attacked this combat, exile Kytheon, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
• Activated ability{2}{W}: Kytheon gains indestructible until end of turn.
• Activated ability+2: Up to one target creature an opponent controls attacks Gideon during its controller's next turn if able.
• Activated ability+1: Until your next turn, target creature gains indestructible. Untap that creature.
• Activated ability0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.

What a Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged deck needs

Plays as planeswalker. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• ways to keep the commander planeswalker alive (blockers, fogs, pillowfort), loyalty growth (proliferate, loyalty boosters) and planeswalker synergies — it must survive a turn cycle to work
• creatures with tap abilities (it untaps creatures — attack, then tap them again)

The Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 12× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
• 12× Repeat, double, protect or find planeswalkers — the engine around a planeswalker commander
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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