Iona's Judgment
Sorcery
Exile target creature or enchantment.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22546
Iona's Judgment exiles a permanent or card in exile — clean, permanent removal with no recursion risk — but five mana at sorcery speed is a steep rate when most white removal does the same job for two or three. It's a reasonable role-player in budget lists that need exile effects, nothing more.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Iona's Judgment is strictly a budget option — five mana at sorcery speed is slow in a four-player game where threats come faster than you can answer them, and white has no shortage of cheaper exile effects. In Pauper, the commons pool tightens the competition, and Iona's Judgment becomes a legitimate consideration for decks that want unconditional exile at any permanent type. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the rate is unplayable in those formats regardless of the effect.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Iona's Judgment sits in deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. Don't expect the price to move; five-mana sorcery-speed removal has no trajectory upward in any format where it sees play.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.