Gideon Blackblade: Frontline Resolve
Gideon Blackblade plays like a commander on the battlefield. The card Gideon Blackblade becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible as long as it is your turn while retaining its planeswalker identity. That text makes the card a hard answer to removal during your attack sequence and lets you push through blockers with a resilient attacker that also reduces incoming damage on your upkeep and during combat.
On the +1 loyalty ability Gideon Blackblade can bolster an ally with vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn, giving you flexible tempo or a clutch life swing. The ultimate ability exiles a nonland permanent, which closes games or clears problem artifacts and enchantments. Use the card to set a tempo window, protect key creatures, and convert board advantage into a win state while leveraging the card as both threat and toolbox in Ravnica Remastered decks.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{W}{W}
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Card Type – Legendary Planeswalker
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Subtypes – Gideon
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As long as it’s 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.
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Loyalty – 4