Gideon's Sacrifice

Instant

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).

Legality

Legal in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Standard Brawl

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

Combos

13 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer + Gideon's Sacrifice
Infinite damage to one opponent: Brash Taunter + Gideon's Sacrifice + Repercussion
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Gideon's Sacrifice + Vigor
Infinite damage to one opponent, Infinite lifeloss: Barbed Servitor + Fiendlash + Gideon's Sacrifice
Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite colored mana…: Gideon's Sacrifice + Smaug the Impenetrable + Volcano Hellion
Near-infinite damage: Collective Inferno + Gideon's Sacrifice + Heartless Hidetsugu
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Gideon's Sacrifice + Pestilence Demon + Vigor
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Gideon's Sacrifice + Thrashing Wumpus + Vigor
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Gideon's Sacrifice + Pestilence + Vigor
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Gideon's Sacrifice + Scourge of Kher Ridges + Vigor

See all 13 on Commander Spellbook