Iona, Shield of Emeria
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
From the Vault: AngelsV15 · #9
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Angel
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 6.43 € · ★ 15.20 $
- Mana value
- 9
- Power
- 7
- Toughness
- 7
- Colour
- White
Card text
Flying As Iona enters, choose a color. Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color.
Format legality
- BrawlBanned
- CommanderBanned
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhBanned
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jason Chan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2015-08-21
Flavour text
No more shall the righteous cower before evil.
Rulings
Iona's third ability includes permanent spells (artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers), not just instant and sorcery spells. It does not include lands or abilities (such as cycling or unearth).
Once the color is chosen, it's too late for opponents to respond by casting spells of that color. Iona is not yet in the battlefield at the time the color is chosen, so, for example, there's no way for an opponent to destroy it by casting Doom Blade if the chosen color is black.
