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

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged is $1.54 (ORI #23), and the most expensive is $27.09 (PS15 #23, Inverted, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.84, up 3.4% over 7 days, up 10.2% over 30 days, up 50.8% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $2.24 (2024).

Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged has 5 tracked printings across 5 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease and inverted treatments.

ORI #23

$1.54

CK $2.49 / $1.25 19%

MP $1.33 69 avail

V17 #13 Foil

$1.64 +6%

CK $2.79 / $1.40 15%

MP $1.54 12 avail

PLST #ORI-23

$1.84 +19%

CK $2.29 / $1.05 43%

MP $1.51 21 avail

PORI #23s Prerelease Foil

$2.85 +85%

CK $3.49 / $1.75 39%

MP $3.63 6 avail

ORI #23 Foil

$6.44 +318%

CK $4.99 / $2.00 69%

MP $3.52 24 avail

PS15 #23 Inverted Foil

$27.09 +1659%

CK $39.99 / $25.00 8%

MP $27.48 5 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $25.00 cash for PS15 #23 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 37% (normal).

• Sep 29, 2017 You can control two of this permanent, one front-face up and the other back-face up, at the same time.
• Apr 8, 2016 The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a mana value equal to the mana value of its front face. Each back face has a color indicator that defines its color.
• Jun 22, 2015 A Magic Origins planeswalker that enters the battlefield because of the ability of its front face will enter with loyalty counters as normal.
• Jun 22, 2015 A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
• Jun 22, 2015 Each face of a double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, power and toughness, loyalty, abilities, and so on. While a double-faced card is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored. While a double-faced card isn't on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face.

Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged has been reprinted 6 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PLST #ORI-23	2022-04-29	Mythic	Standard
V17 #13	2017-11-24	Mythic	Standard
PORI #23s	2015-07-17	Mythic	Prerelease
ORI #23	2015-07-17	Mythic	Standard
ORI #23	2015-07-17	Mythic	Standard
PS15 #23	2015-07-09	Mythic	Inverted

Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged is the #11,292 most-played card on EDHREC, down 125 places over the last 30 days.