However, Blackguard’s newfound strength would seal his downfall when Booster Gold discovered his weakness: gullibility.
Booster was able to trick him into hitting a power terminal on his armor that would render him unconscious, leading to his arrest.
Realizing his incompetence while using the armor they trusted him with, The 1,000 sent a mystery mercenary known as Mindancer to break Blackguard out of his jail cell just so they could put him in their own custody.
The syndicate was about to execute him and Booster Gold, whom they had also captured, until a vigilante known as Thorn rescued them, but Blackguard was then put in a sluggish state by Mindancer and was unable to fight back during the scuffle.