(Of course, Gideon's second ability will cause rally abilities to trigger.) 2015-08-25 If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon after his first ability has resolved, that damage will have all applicable results: specifically, the damage is marked on Gideon (since he's a creature) and that damage causes that many loyalty counters to be removed from him (since he's a planeswalker)
All you need is a way to buff him up and land a hit, and you're off to the races with an instant army that replenishes itself with each attack, or even grows exponentially True, Shroofus will mostly see play in the 99 of other, multicolored decks, but he can make for a powerful commander all by himself
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The first option is a Naturalize effect, which is nice removal on a stick
In certain decks we might even skip including Snapcaster in favour of Archaeomancer
