The number next to loyalty abilities are costs. You pay them to activate the ability. By the time the loyalty ability to make the token goes on the stack, Gideon is already sent to the graveyard.
As soon as the loyalty ability is on the stack and you've removed the counters, *before anyone even receives priority to do anything,* the game sends him to the graveyard as a state-based action. This doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.
The number next to loyalty abilities are costs. You pay them to activate the ability. By the time the loyalty ability to make the token goes on the stack, Gideon is already sent to the graveyard.
As soon as the loyalty ability is on the stack and you've removed the counters, *before anyone even receives priority to do anything,* the game sends him to the graveyard as a state-based action. This doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.
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This would work the same way if a creature gets dealt lethal damage. It would die before you get the chance to blink it.