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

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

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.

Stats

Gideon Blackblade - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
White +4 Blue +2 Black -1 Red +3 Green +1 Loyalty 0 Creatures  7 Spells  6 Supports  6 122 79,920 Mana Runes
All level details 1-60          Up-down-arrow-icon.png Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
Icon W.png Icon U.png Icon B.png Icon R.png Icon G.png Icon L.png Creature-Icon.png Spell-Icon.png Support-Icon.png 1 2 3
1-5

440Rune.png

+2 0 -3 +1 -1 0 4 3 3 32 AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png
5 3 3
35
+3 0 -3 +1 -1 0
38
6-10

1865Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
41
5 4 3
44
AbilityLev1.png
11-15

4190Rune.png

47
+3 0 -3 +2 -1 0
50
5 4 4
53
16-20

7380Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
+3 +1 -3 +2 -1 0
56
AbilityLev2.png
21-25

11405Rune.png

59
6 4 4
62
+3 +1 -3 +2 0 0
65
26-30

16250Rune.png

AbilityLev2.png
68
6 5 4
72
AbilityLev2.png
31-35

21890Rune.png

75
+4 +1 -3 +2 0 0
78
6 5 5
36-40

28325Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
82
+4 +1 -3 +3 0 0
86
AbilityLev3.png
41-45

35540Rune.png

90
7 5 5
94
+4 +2 -3 +3 0 0
98
46-50

43520Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
102
7 6 5
106
AbilityLev4.png
51-55

55720Rune.png

110
+4 +2 -3 +3 +1 0
7 6 6
114
56-60

79920Rune.png

AbilityLev4.png
118
+4 +2 -1 +3 +1 0
122
AbilityLev4.png

Abilities

1: Join The Fight
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 6-19 9 Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains LifelinkLifelink until end of turn.
AbilityLev2.png 20-35 9 Target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains First StrikeFirst Strike and LifelinkLifelink until end of turn.
AbilityLev3.png 36-49 9 Target creature you control gets +3/+0 and gains First StrikeFirst Strike, LifelinkLifelink and VigilanceVigilance until the beginning of your next turn.
AbilityLev4.png 50-60 9 Target creature you control gets +3/+0 and gains First StrikeFirst Strike, LifelinkLifelink and VigilanceVigilance until the beginning of your next turn. Then, Proliferate.
2: One Justice's Path
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 10-25 12 Exile the opposing VanguardVanguard support with the lowest shield.
AbilityLev2.png 26-39 12 Exile an opposing VanguardVanguard support.
AbilityLev3.png 40-55 12 Exile an opposing VanguardVanguard support. If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support.
AbilityLev4.png 56-60 12 Exile an opposing VanguardVanguard support. If you can't, exile an opposing Enchantment support. Partner: All your creatures get +1/+1.
3: Oathsworn
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 16-29 24 Create a Gideon Blackblade TokenToken [White 4/4 Human Soldier with LegendaryLegendary, First StrikeFirst Strike, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent DamagePrevent Damage. When this creature dies, Exile the first opposing creature."].
AbilityLev2.png 30-45 24 Create a Gideon Blackblade TokenToken [White 6/6 Human Soldier with LegendaryLegendary, First StrikeFirst Strike, LifelinkLifelink, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent DamagePrevent Damage. When this creature dies, Exile the first opposing creature."].
AbilityLev3.png 46-59 24 Create a Gideon Blackblade TokenToken [White 6/6 Human Soldier with LegendaryLegendary, First StrikeFirst Strike, LifelinkLifelink, BerserkerBerserker, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent DamagePrevent Damage. When this creature dies, Exile the first and last opposing creatures."].
AbilityLev4.png 60 24 Create a Gideon Blackblade TokenToken [White 8/8 Human Soldier with LegendaryLegendary, First StrikeFirst Strike, LifelinkLifelink, BerserkerBerserker, and "While this creature is on the battlefield, if it's not Disabled, your Planeswalker gains Prevent DamagePrevent 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 Spells 12 WhiteRed Rare War of the Spark WAR Legacy 
Nahiri, Storm of Stone Supports (6) 13 WhiteRed Uncommon War of the Spark WAR Legacy 
War Screecher Creatures (1/3) 7 White Common War of the Spark WAR Legacy 
Bulwark Giant Creatures (3/6) 13 White Common War of the Spark WAR Legacy 
Rising Populace Creatures (2/2) 8 White Common War of the Spark WAR Legacy 
Ampryn Tactician Creatures (4/4) 10 White Uncommon Origins ORI 
Evolving Wilds Spells 3 Colorless Common Origins ORI 
Grasp of the Hieromancer Supports (2) 8 White Common Origins ORI 
Veteran's Sidearm Supports (2) 6 Colorless Common Origins ORI 
Kytheon's Tactics Spells 11 White Common Origins ORI