---
name: "Gideon's Phalanx"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}{W}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Spell mastery"]
set: "ORI"
set_name: "Magic Origins"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "James Ryman"
oracle_id: "f9489831-a9a2-47ab-abae-2f389c9fae2c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gideons-phalanx-ori"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gideon's Phalanx
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}{W}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Spell mastery

## Oracle Text
Create four 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with vigilance.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nissa's Pilgrimage](/printing/nissas-pilgrimage-pio.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dark Petition](/printing/dark-petition-sld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Exquisite Firecraft](/printing/exquisite-firecraft-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Calculated Dismissal](/printing/calculated-dismissal-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Necromantic Summons](/printing/necromantic-summons-ori.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Origins (ORI) #14
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** James Ryman
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`