Gideon Blackblade
Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon
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.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #8442
Gideon Blackblade enters as a 4/4 indestructible creature every combat — that's the headline, and the three-mana cost makes it legitimately efficient for a planeswalker that holds a board presence on its own. The static keyword-sharing mode is where it earns its slot, and Odric, Lunarch Marshal decks in particular treat it as a redundant engine piece rather than a win condition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
Gideon Blackblade contributes indestructible, vigilance, and lifelink to Odric, Lunarch Marshal's keyword-distribution trigger — three relevant keywords on a single card that also attacks as a 4/4, which means it's doing double duty as both keyword supplier and threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gideon Blackblade is a role-player rather than a centerpiece — it shows up in Odric builds, white weenie go-wide decks, and anywhere that wants a resilient attacker that doubles as keyword glue. In Pioneer and Modern, it saw fringe play in white aggro shells that wanted a low-loyalty planeswalker with immediate board presence, but it never cracked top-tier lists because four-drops compete hard against faster threats. Legacy and Vintage have no practical use for it — the formats are too hostile to a three-loyalty planeswalker with no protection beyond its own creature mode. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: as a signature spell target or supporting piece in a white aggro shell, Gideon Blackblade punches above its current price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Gideon Blackblade sits firmly in the bulk rare tier — cheap enough to throw into any white deck that can use it without a second thought. It's unlikely to climb without a reprint or a format shift, but at this price the question isn't value, it's whether the effect fits your list.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.