The combat damage trigger is absurd, not only drawing you a card, but letting you cheat on mana by casting virtually any spell for free
At the end of last year, I wrote about how Id played an overwhelming amount of Magic Arena thanks to the June 2025 release of the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond crossover
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
Sorry Magic world, but it had to be done.
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