Iona? We hardly know her! | EDH | Casual Compliance | Episode 34

NOTE: we recorded this prior to the February 2026 updates to the Commander Ban List and Brackets. As a result, we get a couple of things technically "wrong", but it doesn't really affect anything. You'd think 9 mana would be a high enough cost to keep people from playing this angel, but Iona being able to just fully disable your opponents from playing a whole colour of Magic is STRONG We finally take a look at Iona, Shield of Emeria and whether or not we could bring her off the banlist and discuss some interesting topics relating to player agency in Commander along the way. You can find an audio-only version of this episode at https://audio.casualcompliance.fun/ep... Support the show! https://casualcompliance.fun Social links: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/casualcompli... TikTok:   / casualcompliance   Instagram:   / casual_compliance   Email us at [email protected] 00:00 A little disclaimer for this episode 00:43 First impressions of Iona, Shield of Emeria 11:39 Why is Iona banned? 17:36 Gramps campaigns for Iona as a Game Changer 32:33 A little bit of colour denial might be fine though? 41:49 Final thoghts on Iona, Shield of Emeria