He has high healthand average deck limits. He has good Mana gains in White, descending one point at a time through Red, Blue and Green, jumping down two points to a -1 to Black. The high mana gains with Red is very unusual for a slightly unbalanced spreadmono White [[Planeswalker]], and average deck limitsties in with his [[#Story|Story]].

His abilities include a temporary creature buff and a {{Ability|Vanguard}} support destruction ability. He can also enter the battlefield as a Soldier creature token. He has two unique; while it remains on the battlefield and enabled, or nearly unique abilitiesthe player is invulnerable to damage. The most powerful aspect of this unique third ability is the ability to its {{Ability|Prevent Damage|prevention of damage}} to the player themselves. The other requires his creature token to die, ; a serious drawback, but it is at least possible for his third ability to remove creatures with {{Ability|Ward}} or {{Ability|Hexproof}}. The first ability can do this too, provided the creature it buffs is sufficiently large to block creatures once given {{Ability|Vigilance}} and {{Ability|First Strike}}. His Soldier token is given {{Ability|Berserker}} at level 46, making it a much less reliable source of invulnerability.

Gideon Blackblade, sometimes called G4, is the fourth of four a number of playable [[Planeswalkers]] in MtGPQ which embody Gideon Jura at different points in his life.

| Effect 2 = Target creature you control gets <b>+2</b>/+0 and gains <b>{{Ability|First Strike}} </b> and {{Ability|Lifelink}} until end of turn.

| Effect 3 = Target creature you control gets <b>+3</b>/+0 and gains {{Ability|First Strike}}, {{Ability|Lifelink}} <b>and {{Ability|Vigilance}} </b> until <b>the beginning of your next turn</b>.

| Effect 4 = Target creature you control gets +3/+0 and gains {{Ability|First Strike}}, {{Ability|Lifelink}} and {{Ability|Vigilance}} until the beginning of your next turn. <b>Then, {{Ability|Proliferate}}.</b>

| Effect 1 = {{Ability|exile|Exile}} the opposing {{Ability|Vanguard}} support with the lowest shield.

| Effect 2 = <b>{{Ability|exile|Exile}} an opposing {{Ability|Vanguard}} support.</b>

| Effect 3 = {{Ability|exile|Exile}} an opposing {{Ability|Vanguard}} support. <b>If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support.</b>

| Effect 4 = {{Ability|exile|Exile}} an opposing {{Ability|Vanguard}} support. If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support. <b>{{Ability|Partner}}: All your creatures get +1/+1.</b>

| Effect 1 = Create a Gideon Blackblade {{Ability|Token}} [White 4/4 Human Soldier with {{Ability|Legendary}}, {{Ability|First Strike}}, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}, your Planeswalker gains {{Ability|Prevent Damage}}. When this creature dies, {{Ability|exileExile}} the first opposing creature."] {{Ability|Token}}.

| Effect 2 = Create a Gideon Blackblade {{Ability|Token}} [White <b>6/6 </b> Human Soldier with {{Ability|Legendary}}, {{Ability|First Strike}}, <b>{{Ability|Lifelink}}</b>, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}, your Planeswalker gains {{Ability|Prevent Damage}}. When this creature dies, {{Ability|exileExile}} the first opposing creature."] {{Ability|Token}}.

| Effect 3 = Create a Gideon Blackblade {{Ability|Token}} [White 6/6 Human Soldier with {{Ability|Legendary}}, {{Ability|First Strike}}, {{Ability|Lifelink}}, <b>{{Ability|Berserker}}</b>, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}, your Planeswalker gains {{Ability|Prevent Damage}}. When this creature dies, {{Ability|exileExile}} the <b>first and last </b> opposing creatures."] {{Ability|Token}}.

| Effect 4 = Create a Gideon Blackblade {{Ability|Token}} [White <b>8/8 </b> Human Soldier with {{Ability|Legendary}}, {{Ability|First Strike}}, {{Ability|Lifelink}}, {{Ability|Berserker}}, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}, your Planeswalker gains {{Ability|Prevent Damage}}. When this creature dies, {{Ability|exileExile}} the first and last opposing creatures."] {{Ability|Token}}.