---
name: "Gideon's Sacrifice"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "WAR-14"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "1af63a5e-2bec-4f8d-a373-d9ce43a7d242"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gideons-sacrifice-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gideon's Sacrifice
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
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).

> *To Liliana's surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Heroic Sacrifice](/printing/heroic-sacrifice-msc.md) — Instant
2. [Blood of the Martyr](/printing/blood-of-the-martyr-drk.md) — Instant
3. [Martyrdom](/printing/martyrdom-all.md) — Instant
4. [Martyr's Cause](/printing/martyrs-cause-ulg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Jade Monolith](/printing/jade-monolith-4ed.md) — Artifact
6. [Aegis of Honor](/printing/aegis-of-honor-ody.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #WAR-14
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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