Gideon Blackblade
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
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.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2019-05-03
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.
- 2019-05-03
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.
- 2019-05-03
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.
- 2019-05-03
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.
- 2019-05-03
You choose which ability the target creature gains as Gideon's first loyalty ability resolves, not as you activate it.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Gideon Blackblade, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commodore Guff | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Gideon Blackblade price history
The Ravnica Remastered #20 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $1.10 | $1.16 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $1.10 | $1.16 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $1.10 | $1.18 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $1.12 | $1.18 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $1.13 | $1.18 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $1.13 | $1.16 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $1.15 | $1.16 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $1.14 | $1.16 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $1.15 | $1.17 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $1.17 | $1.17 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.17 | $1.20 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.20 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.21 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.18 | $1.24 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.24 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.22 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.20 | $1.22 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.22 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.22 | $1.22 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.22 | $1.21 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.22 | $1.23 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Gideon Blackblade
8 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $1.10
- Foil
- $1.16
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $2.95
- Normal
- $1.08
- Foil
- $1.87
- Normal
- $1.54
- Foil
- $24.91
Promo
War of the Spark Promos
- Normal
- $1.80
- Foil
- $3.47
Promo
War of the Spark Promos
- Foil
- $5.13
Promo
War of the Spark Promos
- Foil
- —
Borderless
Mythic Edition
- Foil
- $8.65
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Gideon Blackblade. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
