Iona, Shield of Emeria
Mystery Booster 2 12 • mythic
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 12
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana white mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Jason Chan
- Market price
- $2.70
What it does
Flying
As Iona enters, choose a color.
Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color.
No more shall the righteous cower before evil.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderBanned
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Iona, Shield of Emeria was originally introduced in the 2009 Zendikar expansion, designed as a powerful mythic rare angel intended to act as a definitive board-stalling threat in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The character represents a central figure in the mythology of the plane of Zendikar, embodying the white-aligned mana of the world and serving as a divine guardian whose presence is designed to exert absolute control over spellcasting.
The Mystery Booster 2 version features the iconic illustration by Greg Staples, who rendered the angel with a sense of ethereal grandeur and formidable scale. This reprint maintains the card's original mechanical identity, which is known for its ability to shut down opponents by forbidding them from casting spells of a chosen color, a design choice that has made it a persistent and polarizing subject of discussion within competitive Commander and legacy formats due to its restrictive impact on gameplay.
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