Gideon Blackblade
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
- Loyalty
- 4
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #503 (mythic)
During your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn.
+1: Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn.
−6: Exile target nonland permanent.
Gideon Blackblade has 10 printings, first in War of the Spark (2019). EDHREC ranks it #8,754 among Commander cards. It appears most in Odric, Lunarch Marshal decks (1,591 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Gideon Blackblade most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Odric, Lunarch Marshal: 1,591 decks
- Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged: 791 decks
- Myrel, Shield of Argive: 637 decks
- Tomik, Wielder of Law: 434 decks
- Dakkon Blackblade: 327 decks
- Djeru, With Eyes Open: 261 decks
- Worzel, the Protector: 220 decks
- Commander Mustard: 218 decks
Often played with Gideon Blackblade
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If an Equipment becomes attached to Gideon while he's a creature, it'll become unattached during the next upkeep that isn't yours. The same is true of any Auras that become attached to Gideon that can't enchant a noncreature planeswalker.
- : Any counters that are put on Gideon remain on him while he's not a creature, even if they have no effect on a noncreature planeswalker.
- : If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon during your turn, that damage will have all applicable results: specifically, the damage is marked on Gideon (since he's a creature) and that damage causes that many loyalty counters to be removed from him (since he's a planeswalker). Even though he has indestructible, if Gideon has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard.
- : If an effect causes Gideon to lose all abilities during your turn, he's still a Human Soldier creature and a Gideon planeswalker. This is because his first ability applies before that ability is lost.
- : You choose which ability the target creature gains as Gideon's first loyalty ability resolves, not as you activate it.