(6/22/2015) If you activate Gideon's third ability and then damage is dealt to him that can't be prevented, that damage has 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)
As the examples above show, these can represent multi-stage boss monsters or a quest and its reward
Notably, this new Mono-Green archetype is basically rotation-proof, ensuring that Edge Rover has a chance of seeing play in this as a potential upgrade
Daxos the Returned creates tokens that are spirits with power and toughness equal to the number of experience counters you have, for example
It wasn't even a hard decision
On the next turn, retreat the active Arrokuda back to the bench and send out a Cramorant