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{2}{W}, sacrifice Loyal Retainers: Return a creature named Iona, Shield of Emeria from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Posted By: ongck (2/28/2010 7:37:16 AM)
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"Be ye an ancient Chinese warlord, an undead king of an undead plane, or an eldritch monstrosity, we will take care of your belongings and make sure your business is in order until death and beyond it."
Posted By: Goatllama (10/23/2012 12:01:51 PM)
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What's all this Fauna Shaman talk? Survival of the Fittest in this format...
Posted By: SoulReaverDan (10/25/2010 7:31:11 AM)
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Getting Iona into play for 3 mana? 5/5
Posted By: chrivers (5/9/2010 1:03:32 PM)
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I agree with SoulReaverDan. If you are playing this card, then you are in an older format. Fauna Shaman is good, but Survival of the Fittest surpasses her by leaps and bound.

Survival to pitch something, fetch Iona, pitch her, fetch Retainers.

Fun times.
Posted By: apollogod (1/3/2011 8:29:54 AM)
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Hrm. You can even get Emrakul that way. Use the Fauna Shaman to discard him, then in response to the trigger, sac Loyal Retainers.

Impressive.
Posted By: Andon_A (10/21/2010 9:51:36 PM)
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Iona, Shield of Emeria, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, etc...
White/Green deck,
1- Birds of Paradise
2- Fauna Shaman
3- win
"Did you have fun?"
"... No"
"Then MY work here is done!"
Posted By: iondragonx (8/14/2010 8:12:12 PM)
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I din't get the flavor here, and this also seems like a very black ability to me. Still 5/5 for turn 3 legendary.
Posted By: Sago (9/30/2012 8:37:41 PM)
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Now the most expensive card ever to be reprinted, I think:

In for Commander's Arsenal!
Posted By: DarthParallax (10/22/2012 9:31:31 PM)
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