Hidden Gibbons
Mana cost {G}.
When an opponent casts an instant spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 4/4 Ape creature.
Hidden Gibbons is a green card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€13.79) · TCGplayer ($11.11) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 8 September 2026: on Cardmarket between €12.13 and €13.89 in that time.
How often Hidden Gibbons is played
Hidden Gibbons is kept in 4 sideboards (3%); used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 62 decks that can cast green cards, 4 of them play it (6%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Hidden Gibbons
- Terrageddon vs. Stiflenought, Landstill and Stasis. Two more options are common in lists since September: Reprisal, in almost half of the sideboards, destroys a creature with power 4 or greater at instant speed, Phyrexian Dreadnought included, and Hidden Gibbons, in a quarter, becomes a 4/4 Ape the first time an opponent casts an instant.
Tournament decks with Hidden Gibbons
- Darigaaz Midrange: 12th Place at 2026 Nantuko League (3× sideboard)
- Enchantress Aggro: 1st Place at Phoenix Games Monthly (3× sideboard)
- Oath Spec: 1st Place at Buckeye Brawl II (2× sideboard)
- Guided Passage: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
