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Gideon Blackblade

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

Gideon Blackblade
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Full Name Gideon Blackblade
Aliases G4
Affinities White
Origin set War of the Spark War of the Spark
Cost 295 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 122
Deck limits Creatures 7  ·  Spells 6  ·  Supports 6
Mana bonuses Icon W.png+4 · Icon U.png +2 · Icon B.png -1 · Icon R.png +3 · Icon G.png +1
Leveling cost 79,920 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Gideon Jura (human)
Gideon, Battle Forged G1 White Gideon, Battle Forged
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar G2 White Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Gideon of the Trials G3 White Gideon of the Trials
Gideon Blackblade G4 White 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 VanguardVanguard 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 damagePrevent 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 WardWard or HexproofHexproof. The first ability can do this too, provided the creature it buffs is sufficiently large to block creatures once given VigilanceVigilance and First StrikeFirst Strike. His Soldier token is given BerserkerBerserker 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

Starting Deck

Card name Type Cost Color Rarity Set 
Solar Blaze   12        WAR   
Nahiri, Storm of Stone   (6) 13        WAR   
War Screecher   (1/3) 7       WAR   
Bulwark Giant   (3/6) 13       WAR   
Rising Populace   (2/2) 8       WAR   
Ampryn Tactician   (4/4) 10       ORI 
Evolving Wilds   3       ORI 
Grasp of the Hieromancer   (2) 8       ORI 
Veteran's Sidearm   (2) 6       ORI 
Kytheon's Tactics   11       ORI