Iona, Shield of Emeria The problem is that this effect easily shuts a player out of the game: it totally stops monocolor players from playing Magic , and even many two-color decks often have a large portion of their hand (and their commander!) rendered uncastable by Iona
With both cards in play, you still need an Equipment and one other artifact in order to set up this combo, plus a way to give Crackdown Construct evasion
reveal up to 1 [Upper Yard] and add it to your hand
The judge foil Elesh Norn is truly a work of art from the amazing artwork by Igor Kieryluk to the Phyrexian text on the card
This is a one-two punch, especially in Commander where there are plenty of ways to gain a ton of life in a single turn
The treefolk is an interesting include here, which got me thinking about them when we get back to Lorwyn next year