Iona, Shield of Emeria

Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying

As Iona, Shield of Emeria enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color.

Discussion (45)

Shadoobie on The God Pharaoh's Gifts

1 week ago

fatalzintomyum Oh wow. I totally forgot about Iona, Shield of Emeria. That's a great suggestion because we effective way to lock out our opponent on turn 4. It wouldn't deal with the board at the moment, but preventing almost any further action could often win the game on the spot. If I were aiming to make the deck as competitive as possible, I'd probably cut Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, and 1 Angel of Invention. For a 3 and 3 split. Honestly, 4 Iona isn't out of the question. However, since I am trying to play this among fellow budget friends. I'd rather not hard lock them out of the game if possible. Unless, they anger me of course. Then I'll need a playset. >:D

I agree Modern is likely outside the power level for God-Pharaoh's Gift or at least in this shell. Unfortunately, I typically play Modern with my group so I wanted to essentially upgrade a Pioneer deck. I'm making that attempt, but that might be the final conclusion.

Balaam__ Ya... I agree the main weakness of this deck is just how easy it is to side board in both artifact and graveyard hate against it. To be perfectly honest, I don't think there's a perfect solution. For Leyline of the Void the best answer I currently have access to is Deputy of Detention or Brazen Borrower, but like you said that's only a temporary solution. I agree counterspells are the best potential solution for artifact hate. Essentially, becoming a jank UW Control with a GPG. I could see playing Dovin's Veto, Aether Gust, and Spell Pierce. Or maybe even some lesser used ones like Hindering Light/Keep Safe or Hypnotic Sprite. If I had the budget Force of Negation. What would you suggest?

fatalzintomyum on The God Pharaoh's Gifts

1 week ago

Iona, Shield of Emeria seems a bit more solid than angel of invention, but otherwise, I'm very happy to see GPG in modern

GenericToaster on Halo: Breach

2 weeks ago

In general, sideboards tend to be used more for hating on other decks rather than changing the gameplan of your own. For that reason, I'd consider filling your sideboard with maybe 2 more copies of Iona, Shield of Emeria, classic hate staples like Chalice of the Void, Sorcerous Spyglass, and Tormod's Crypt. Sense artifacts are real popular, Null Rod is also a pretty popular sideboard card. Additionally, this is vintage, so I'd obviously suggest a Black Lotus. My only other comment is that even for a vintage deck, 9 creatures is pretty few to work with, so it'd be worth it to think about tossing some more in there, maybe shoot for 12-14?

Wishfallen on BR Wish Reanimator

3 weeks ago

META CHANGE / DECK CHANGE

Update at 09/2020

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MAIN OUT

1 Ashen Rider

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

1 Snow-Covered Swamp

1 Thoughtseize

MAIN IN

1 Bayou

1 Children of Korlis

1 Tendrils of Agony

1 Unmask

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SB OUT

1 Surgical Extraction

1 Abrade

1 Archetype of Endurance

1 Grave Titan

1 Pyroblast

1 Red Elemental Blast

SB IN

3 Serenity

1 Faerie Macabre

1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

1 Ashen Rider

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

Tommy94K on Karador

1 month ago

OUT

• Path to Exile
• Sheoldred, Whispering One

IN

• Anguished Unmaking
• Iona, Shield of Emeria

Nemesis on Cube additions

2 months ago

White

Solemn Recruit

Verge Rangers

Ephemerate

On Thin Ice

Teferi's Protection

Iona, Shield of Emeria

Felidar Guardian

Blue

Nimble Obstructionist

Warkite Marauder

Arcane Artisan

Black

Spawn of Mayhem

Doom Whisperer

Bloodsoaked Champion

Carrion Feeder

Dread Wanderer

Gutterbones

Knight of the Ebon Legion

Massacre Girl

Cabal Ritual

Red

Cathartic Reunion

Wildfire Devils

Searing Blaze

Mizzix's Mastery

Zurgo Bellstriker

Green

Elvish Reclaimer

Jadelight Ranger

Crop Rotation

Titania, Protector of Argoth

Multicolor

Soulherder

Gruul Spellbreaker

Stillmoon Cavalier

Sprite Dragon

Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

March of the Multitudes

Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Elendra the Dusk Rose

Seraph of the Scales

The Gitrog Monster

Tajic, Legion's Edge

Colorless

Mana Vault

Basalt Monolith

Shadowspear

Ankh of Mishra

Grim Monolith

Sword of Sinew and Steel

Bomat Courier

DuTogira on What cards deserve to be …

4 months ago

TypicalTimmy While I agree with your analysis of Iona, Shield of Emeria, I absolutely disagree with your analysis of Vilis, Broker of Blood vs Griselbrand.
Vilis requires either mana or another card to provide life loss in order to get the draw engine going. Griselbrand is the entire engine all in one card. That makes Griselboi waaaay more busted than vilis because it completely eliminates the need for any other middle-man resource. Also life means nothing in commander, so Griselbrand more accurately reads "Spend 8, draw your deck" while vilis reads "Spend 8 and then find a way to lose a bunch of life, draw your deck". That extra step makes all the difference.

shrap666 on Graveborne Angel Deck

6 months ago

I'm particularly interested in what you guys think about Angelic Arbiter taking the place of (at least) one copy of one of the other angels. Maybe replacing 1 copy of Iona, Shield of Emeria. My thinking is that the more weapons you have to limit what your opponent can do, the less likely they'll gain the upper hand. I just want to ensure that the deck has, at least, 1 back-up of every angel, in case one of them gets exiled. What do you think? Too much, or is the deck fine the way it is?