Creating Block templates with ‘core/heading’ other than level 2
A new day, and refreshed Google-fu powers provided the simple answer: The level attribute needs to be an integer, not a a string. [ ‘core/heading’, [ ‘level’ => 3, ‘placeholder’ => ‘Subheading’, ‘className’ => ‘block-subheader-directions has-blue-alt-color’, ], ]