Notice her flavor text mentions the righteous. Notice her toughness is 7.
That's either awesome or terrible, I'm not sure which...
Anyway, with this annoying angel, I'm glad I put a Emergency: Break Glass Here card or four in each of my decks. Sure, you can drop Iona for green against my Elf deck, so long as you don't mind it dieing to Banefire next turn.
Posted By:
ax_morph
(10/10/2011 11:09:53 AM)
Let me just Donate my Celestial Dawn.
Posted By:
TruthElemental
(8/12/2013 12:29:49 PM)
@surewhynot: Copy her and she'll blow up. Its the nature of Legendary things.
@12qwaz: Nope, Cascade and Suspend still cast the spell, which you cannot do, so a Hypergenesis cannot be used with her on green.
@DarkZai: She chooses and colour and starts blocking the cast as she comes into play. While she still on the stack, you can counter her. (Note: you cannot wait until they choose a colour before countering her. By then she'll already be on the battlefield.)
Posted By:
klaff
(6/2/2010 1:21:47 PM)
this is a nice card, a little expensive, but white is becoming the control color, meaning white games will go longer and there is a better chance she will hit the table and there is an audiable thud when she hits
yeah, it will likely be black or red that is called, but that kinda makes sense, considering the enemy colors of white
and yes, that is a massive combo with painter's servent, as you are still free to play your spells
in all, she does deserve hey "mythic" status, that is a game changing event
T1: plains, sunspring expedition
T2: forest, Khali Heart Expedition
T3: Emeria, Sky ruin, Prismatic omen
T4: a land, fog effect
T5: a land, crack expeditions, make Iona find the GY
T6: hello Iona, opponent scopes because they now cant kill it, to make extra sure, give it savage silhouette, and it is unkillable, black spells cant be played, this can regen through DoJ and martial coup, give it shroud and your opponent cant do anything to get rid of it, no bounces
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Posted By:
Dingo777
(11/8/2009 6:01:18 PM)
I have this cards and I used it on a friend who used a deck of multicolored cards and it brought up the question: If a multicolored spell has the chosen color , but also a non-chosen color , can it still be used?
Posted By:
BigT29
(4/9/2011 10:10:55 PM)
mono black vampire deck's world will stop as soon as this enters the battlefield
Posted By:
shiana
(9/27/2009 7:48:12 PM)
There are plenty of ways to get her into play without hard-casting her.
I'd imagine that most people are going to scoop the second she hits the table.
This is my favorite card amongst the few interesting cards in this lackluster set.
Posted By:
Laguz
(9/25/2009 10:10:21 PM)
Best re-animator to date. Like it even better than Akroma, Angel of Wrath. Even better than Sphinx of the Steel Wind. It's a game-changer, it's a game-ender. Pick the right color early in the game, and it is all over. Never has a re-animator ended a game so quickly. 5/5. It doesn't get much better...
Posted By:
feeble2002
(12/30/2010 1:51:25 PM)
@ BigT29: No, it can't be cast. After all, for example, if you chose red for Iona, your opponent can't cast red and green spells, because they are red.
Posted By:
Axelle
(5/5/2011 9:59:57 PM)
@Corynth224: Your opponent wouldn't be able to cast any green creatures, but he'd still be free to regenerate any that were on the battlefield before you resolved Iona.
@Axelle: Iona is Legendary, so Rite of Replication wouldn't work for you. Unless you had Mirror Gallery in play.
@DiasFlac420: Iona's third ability is a static ability that only functions when she's in play. If your opponent figures out a way to get rid of Iona, he'll be able to cast his spells again.
@land_comment: Yes, you can choose a new color each time Iona enters the battlefield.
@infernox10: I'm not sure what you can use to kill Emrakul that wouldn't also work against Iona. Maybe if you had a creature with deathtouch in your hand? Anyway, my opponent tends to concede once either creature resolves.
Posted By:
Bowshewicz
(6/6/2011 7:17:36 AM)