Iona, Shield of Emeria
Zendikar (ZEN) #13 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Angel
Mana cost: {6}{W}{W}{W}
Flying
As Iona enters, choose a color.
Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color.
No more shall the righteous cower before evil.
Power/toughness 7/7 · Illustrated by Jason Chan · Released October 2, 2009
Prices
- Nonfoil: $13.04 USD · €5.50 EUR
- Foil: $113.00 USD · €33.00 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $4.12 USD (24.0%) to $13.04 USD; low $13.04 USD, high $17.21 USD.
Printings
- Arena Anthology 4 #3 (AA4) · Mythic · 2025
- Mystery Booster 2 #12 (MB2) · Mythic · 2024 · $2.21 USD
- From the Vault: Angels #9 (V15) · Mythic · 2015 · $15.13 USD foil
- Modern Masters 2015 #20 (MM2) · Mythic · 2015 · $12.30 USD
- Zendikar #13 (this printing) · Mythic · 2009 · $13.04 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Banned
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Banned
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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).
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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.