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Eel Umbra

Eel Umbra Price

6 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2010

Cheapest $0.15
Median $0.28
Highest $0.31
EDHREC Rank #5,767

Eel Umbra has been printed 6 times across 6 sets, first in 2010 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Rise of the Eldrazi #65 at $0.15, while the most expensive is Double Masters 2022 #48 at $0.31 — about 2× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $0.28. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 6x, including dedicated reprint sets like Double Masters 2022, Forgotten Realms Commander.

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Every Eel Umbra Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Rise of the Eldrazi #65 (C) Cheapest 2010 $0.15 $0.02
Commander 2018 #89 (C) 2018 $0.16 —
Ultimate Masters #53 (C) 2018 $0.27 —
The List #C18-89 (C) 2019 $0.28 —
Forgotten Realms Commander #83 (C) 2021 $0.31 —
Double Masters 2022 #48 (C) 2022 $0.31 —

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Enchantment — Aura
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.)
Legal In
Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Pauper Penny Dreadful PreDH

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 6 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

10 Precedents

Some printings of this card refer to the ability "totem armor". This ability's name has been replaced with "umbra armor". This change does not affect the gameplay function of this card.

Umbra armor's effect is not regeneration. Specifically, if umbra armor's effect is applied, the enchanted creature does not become tapped and is not removed from combat as a result. Effects that say the enchanted creature can't be regenerated won't prevent umbra armor's effect from being applied.

If a creature enchanted with an Aura that has umbra armor has indestructible, lethal damage and effects that try to destroy it simply have no effect. Umbra armor won't do anything because it won't have to.

If a creature you control is enchanted with multiple Auras that have umbra armor, and the enchanted creature would be destroyed, one of those Auras is destroyed instead—but only one of them. You choose which one because you control the enchanted creature.

Umbra armor's effect is mandatory. If the enchanted creature would be destroyed, you must remove all damage from it (if it has any) and destroy the Aura that has umbra armor instead.

If a spell or ability says that it would "destroy" a creature enchanted with an Aura that has umbra armor, that spell or ability is what causes the Aura to be destroyed instead. Umbra armor doesn't destroy the Aura; rather, it changes the effects of the spell or ability. On the other hand, if a spell or ability deals lethal damage to a creature enchanted with an Aura that has umbra armor, the game rules regarding lethal damage cause the Aura to be destroyed, not that spell or ability.

Umbra armor has no effect if the enchanted creature is put into a graveyard for any other reason, such as if it's sacrificed, if the "legend rule" applies to it, or if its toughness is 0 or less.

If a creature enchanted with an Aura that has umbra armor would be destroyed by multiple state-based actions at the same time (most likely because a creature with deathtouch has dealt damage to that creature greater than or equal to its toughness), umbra armor's effect will replace all of them and save the creature.

If a spell or ability would destroy both an Aura with umbra armor and the creature it's enchanting at the same time, umbra armor's effect will save the enchanted creature from being destroyed. Instead, the spell or ability will destroy the Aura in two different ways at the same time, but the result is the same as destroying it once.

Umbra armor's effect is applied no matter why the enchanted creature would be destroyed: because it's been dealt lethal damage, or because it's being affected by an effect that says to "destroy" it (such as Breathe Your Last). In either case, all damage is removed from the creature and the Aura is destroyed instead.