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, normal mono colored mana gains with jumping down two points to a -1 to Black. The high Red is very balanced spreadunusual for a mono 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; while it remains on the battlefield and enabled, he, and the player, are is invulnerable to damage; a unique, or nearly unique ability. The most powerful aspect of the this unique third ability is 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 4546, making it a much less reliable source of invulnerability.

| 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}}.