Eel Umbra
Commander 2018 89 • common
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Eel Umbra was first released in the Commander 2018 set, which featured preconstructed decks centered around specific planeswalker commanders. The card serves as a specialized support piece within the blue color identity, utilizing the 'totem armor' keyword—a mechanic originally introduced in the Rise of the Eldrazi set—to provide defensive utility for creatures by sacrificing itself instead of the enchanted permanent.
The card features artwork by Johann Bodin, who rendered the eel with a luminous, ethereal quality consistent with the Umbra series of enchantments. The design focuses on the visual representation of a magical shell protecting the creature underneath, aligning with the card's function as a protective aura. It was received by players as a staple inclusion for decks reliant on Voltron-style strategies or aura-based themes due to its efficiency and low mana cost.
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