Iona, Shield of Emeria
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She can be counter with a Cancel though right? Because even according to the stack her ability wouldn't resolve until she enters the battlefield. Even though your opponent already chose blue and the color? Please give all detailed information about this
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Posted By: Toasterx18 (8/17/2013 6:11:34 PM)
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here are some ways to deal with her assuming you are mono colored.
death touch creatures
Brittle Effigy
Duplicant
Helvault
Altar of Shadows
Suncrusher
Predator, Flagship
Sandstone Deadfall
this is the reason why i quit mono colored strategies...
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Posted By: chainsmoker (9/25/2013 11:22:13 PM)
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Try pairing it up with a Conjurer's Closet and you have pretty much got the game made.
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Posted By: megamastergamer (10/8/2013 5:05:01 PM)
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Still blown away that they didnt give this the graveyard shuffle ability, like darksteel colossus. 9 times out of 10, I would want to reanimate this b*tch over colossus.
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Posted By: TheWrathofShane (10/17/2013 3:59:53 AM)
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@Toasterx18
The color isn't chosen until she is entering. It's chosen as part as her resolution, just like when clone chooses a creature.
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Posted By: CogMonocle (12/25/2013 5:59:09 PM)
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In Legacy, this looks scary but it's actually a lot nicer to play against than similar Chalice of the Void or Counterbalance decks.

In GB you can; for instance; run Crop Rotation (go find Karakas) and any mono-black sacrifice card. This means no matter which color they choose you still have a chance.
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Posted By: blurrymadness (2/18/2014 2:22:55 PM)
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I love the art on Iona, but she has to be one of the least fun cards around. Reanimating her in EDH is probably one of the format's least fun legal moves. If someone in your playgroup runs her you are basically required to have at least a couple colorless or cast-less answers in your deck. Chainsmoker's list is good, but missing a few options. She doesn't stop you from doing things other than casting, so use your Royal Assassin's tap ability (Or myriad other activated abilities that can kill or bounce): channel Arashi, the Sky Asunder for 9: use Ninjutsu to sneak out a Mistblade Shinobi or Throat Slitter: splice a Consuming Vortex or Horobi's Whisper onto a spell of a different color: Transmorgify a Fleshwrither into a creature to kill it. You cannot however pay an alternative cost ability to play a spell.

Fortunately for me, she also doe... (see all)
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Posted By: Enelysios (3/17/2014 3:44:47 PM)
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Against Monored in Cube: EOT Turn 1 Entomb this chick. Turn 2 Reanimate. GG.
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Posted By: coyotemoon722 (3/25/2014 11:25:28 AM)
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