What's with these angels with a ton of wings? It started with Twilight Shepherd, who had 4 instead of 2 wings. But Iona has 6!!
I like the little dude climbing the rock.
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(10/9/2009 6:39:05 PM)
definitely the general in my mono-white EDH. Until it gets banned, that is......
Posted By:
Merlinoo
(10/10/2009 10:31:44 PM)
this doesn't seem as good as people think to me. Sure its the doom of mono-color decks, but it has a decent manna cost so it wont be seen on turn 3 like our friend from 2010. it also doesn't have protection so I feel, especially in multiplayer, that this will be more often calling black to stop its termination at the hands of Halo Hunter, its good but not nearly as good as Baneslayer Angel.
Just a little bit better than Ward Sliver for twice as much manna
Posted By:
Gezus82
(10/11/2009 3:41:09 PM)
In 1v1 against monocolor decks, she offers insane control. It's like a constant, infinite Silence being cast. Being a flying 7/7 herself she's also quite powerful, so even if the person who plays her is at a slight disadvantage at the time she can still provide a few turns with which to turn the tide. Even a multicolor deck will run into problems when this card comes out, provided an intelligent color is chosen.
Fortunately, there are still a few counters. I run a monoblack vamp deck myself, and my mate who uses this won't ever cast her while Kalitas is on the board. In my own monowhite deck I have a World Queller, so if it's up I simply choose "legendary creature" and watch her die. Having said that, despite her having counters she is devilishly good, and if your opponent sees you have something on the board which can wipe her out they'll bide their time.
And on a final note, she works insanely well if you play a planar cleansing or day of judgment on the turn before (provided you'r... (see all)
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(10/12/2009 5:18:05 AM)
I think this card is great, obviously. The fact that I pulled it on my first Zendikar pack is even more amazing! For those who say it's pricey, I agree. Except, you'd probably pay 7 mana for a 7/7 Flyer, and you'd definitely pay 2 mana for a card that blocks your opponent from playing (in many cases) a good portion of their deck.
Posted By:
lukejf01
(10/19/2009 1:51:59 PM)
@ JaxsonBateman: World Queller will not work. Legendary is not a card type, just a super type.
I pulled this in a draft with two summoning traps. Fun times were had by all
Posted By:
Yotika
(11/6/2009 3:53:15 AM)
This plus Unsummon could be fun in Multi-Player.
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(11/13/2009 9:30:26 AM)
My friend played a pithing needle and named iona,shield of emeria the turn before i reanimated her into play.He says that i cant use her ability anymore and i say it wasn't triggered or activated but a static ability.Who is right?Did he really stop that ability from pithing needle?
Posted By:
alrichen
(11/15/2009 1:12:59 AM)
You can play this turn 4 with Turn 1- Forest, Llanowar Elves. Turn 2 Forest, Llanowar Elves/Greenweave Druid. Turn 3 Elvish Piper. And Turn 4 Good ol'Iona. Who knew elves could be so awesome?
Posted By:
Gomorrah
(11/15/2009 8:41:28 PM)
Wow! This will make a great, Legendary addition to any Angel Deck! And although I can feel the sting of her 9 converted mana cost, it is more than a fair price given her 7/7 status and abilities. It does concern me that, by the time this expensive creature goes into play, the game will almost be over. Clearly, the idea is to get her onto the battlefield much sooner using some other way, to make her potent ability much more useful.
Posted By:
KnightLord77
(11/16/2009 3:41:39 AM)