Gideon Blackblade

Gideon Blackblade is a white human Planeswalker, introduced in June 2019 along with the War of the Spark card set.

Gideon Blackblade
Full Name	Gideon Blackblade
Aliases	G4
Affinities
Origin set	War of the Spark
Cost	295
Stats (max level)
Health	122
Deck limits	7  ·   6  ·   6
Mana bonuses	+4 ·  +2 ·  -1 ·  +3 ·  +1
Leveling cost	79,920
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)

Planeswalker series
Gideon Jura (human)
G1	Gideon, Battle Forged
G2	Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
G3	Gideon of the Trials
G4	Gideon Blackblade

He has high health and 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 Red is very unusual for a mono White Planeswalker, and ties in with his Story.

His abilities include a temporary creature buff and a Vanguard  support destruction ability. He can also enter the battlefield as a Soldier creature token; while it remains on the battlefield and enabled, the player is invulnerable to damage. The most powerful aspect of this unique third ability is its 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 Ward  or Hexproof . The first ability can do this too, provided the creature it buffs is sufficiently large to block creatures once given Vigilance  and First Strike . His Soldier token is given Berserker  at level 46, making it a much less reliable source of invulnerability.

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

Contents

Stats

Gideon Blackblade - level 60
Mana bonus						Deck limits			Health	Leveling cost
+4	+2	-1	+3	+1	0	7	6	6	122	79,920

All level details 1-60													Click to
Level cost		Mana bonus							Deck limits				Health		Abilities
															1	2	3
1-5 440		+2	0	-3	+1	-1	0		4	3	3		32
									5	3	3
													35
		+3	0	-3	+1	-1	0
													38
6-10 1865
													41
									5	4	3
													44
11-15 4190													47
		+3	0	-3	+2	-1	0
													50
									5	4	4
													53
16-20 7380
		+3	+1	-3	+2	-1	0
													56
21-25 11405													59
									6	4	4
													62
		+3	+1	-3	+2	0	0
													65
26-30 16250
													68
									6	5	4
													72
31-35 21890													75
		+4	+1	-3	+2	0	0
													78
									6	5	5
36-40 28325
													82
		+4	+1	-3	+3	0	0
													86
41-45 35540													90
									7	5	5
													94
		+4	+2	-3	+3	0	0
													98
46-50 43520
													102
									7	6	5
													106
51-55 55720													110
		+4	+2	-3	+3	+1	0
									7	6	6
													114
56-60 79920
													118
		+4	+2	-1	+3	+1	0
													122

Abilities

1: Join The Fight
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	6-19	9	Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains Lifelink  until end of turn.
	20-35	9	Target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains First Strike  and Lifelink  until end of turn.
	36-49	9	Target creature you control gets +3/+0 and gains First Strike , Lifelink  and Vigilance  until the beginning of your next turn.
	50-60	9	Target creature you control gets +3/+0 and gains First Strike , Lifelink  and Vigilance  until the beginning of your next turn. Then, Proliferate.

2: One Justice's Path
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	10-25	12	Exile the opposing Vanguard  support with the lowest shield.
	26-39	12	Exile an opposing Vanguard  support.
	40-55	12	Exile an opposing Vanguard  support. If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support.
	56-60	12	Exile an opposing Vanguard  support. If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support. Partner: All your creatures get +1/+1.

3: Oathsworn
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	16-29	24	Create a Gideon Blackblade Token  [White 4/4 Human Soldier with Legendary , First Strike , and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent Damage . When this creature dies, Exile the first opposing creature."].
	30-45	24	Create a Gideon Blackblade Token  [White 6/6 Human Soldier with Legendary , First Strike , Lifelink , and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent Damage . When this creature dies, Exile the first opposing creature."].
	46-59	24	Create a Gideon Blackblade Token  [White 6/6 Human Soldier with Legendary , First Strike , Lifelink , Berserker , and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent Damage . When this creature dies, Exile the first and last opposing creatures."].
	60	24	Create a Gideon Blackblade Token  [White 8/8 Human Soldier with Legendary , First Strike , Lifelink , Berserker , and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent Damage . When this creature dies, Exile the first and last opposing creatures."].

Story

"Gideon now bears the reforged Blackblade—a soul-thirsty sword he used to vanquish the demonlord Belzenlok and help free Liliana from her contract—which should prove useful in the upcoming battle.
As founder of the Gatewatch, he also bears an oath to work together with his companions to defend the Multiverse... an oath that has led them into a final, deadly conflict with Nicol Bolas"

<< Gideon of the Trials' Story