Drake Umbra
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #14410
Drake Umbra turns any creature into a 4/4 flier that regenerates itself and protects the enchanted permanent from destruction — five mana for that package is steep, but the totem armor clause does real work keeping your piece on the board. The Emperor of Palamecia is the primary reason to reach for it, and in that shell it earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Emperor of Palamecia
The Emperor of Palamecia cares about enchantments on creatures, and Drake Umbra delivers flying, a power/toughness buff, and totem armor in a single aura — that's three relevant effects on one card for a commander that wants enchanted creatures to stay alive and attack. The 24% inclusion rate reflects how naturally it slots into the engine.
Eriette, the Beguiler
Eriette, the Beguiler taxes opponents for each enchantment attached to a creature, so Drake Umbra pulling double duty as both a defensive tool and a damage-dealing enchantment is exactly the kind of redundancy that deck rewards. The totem armor clause also keeps Eriette's aura count intact when opponents try to answer her enchanted threats.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Drake Umbra is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in the 60-card formats is essentially zero — five mana for an aura is a non-starter when opponents can two-for-one you at instant speed. Commander is its real home, where totem armor's board protection has genuine strategic weight and the cost is less punishing in a singleton, multiplayer context. In Oathbreaker it functions similarly, though the faster pace of that format makes the five-mana ask harder to justify unless your commander specifically rewards enchanting creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Drake Umbra is deep bulk — pick it out of a common box rather than buying singles. Demand is too narrow for the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Emperor of Palamecia
- Eriette, the Beguiler
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.