mtg red white black commander deck - Red/Black Edh (Commander / EDH

Iona, Shield of Emeria Too expensive for Standard at a time when Reanimator wasn't really a thing, Iona, Shield of Emeria was a staple in older formats for quite a while, serving as a silver bullet answer to almost anything

In this guise, she infiltrates storm giant settlements and insinuates herself into the affections of the rulers' heirs, becoming a mother figure to themand turning them against their parents so that they might rule as Iymrith's protgs

Add in the capacity for both of these cards to survive through sweeper effects given smart use of the reconfigure ability, and the idea of taking a reactive stance against red becomes laughable

This helped to drive their value and fed the hype of their rarity