edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Gideon Blackblade

Gideon Blackblade

Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon

Mana cost: {1}{W}{W}

How we read this card

During your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker.

static — turns something into a creature

static — grants a keyword

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn.

static —

Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn.

activated +1 — grants a keyword

Exile target nonland permanent.

activated −6 —

Causes: damage is prevented, exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile a planeswalker, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a battle leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Gideon Blackblade, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

When Gideon Blackblade is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

When Gideon Blackblade enters:

  1. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

damage is prevented — 568 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

When Gideon Blackblade has damage prevented:

  1. Phyrexian Vindicator — deals that much damage
  2. Selfless Squire — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. New Way Forward — deals that much damage
  4. Samite Ministration — gains you that much life
  5. Judgment of Alexander — deals its power damage

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Gideon Blackblade:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Gideon Blackblade, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Gideon Blackblade, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Gideon Blackblade is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Gideon Blackblade:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

25 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.