Eland Umbra
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+4.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #10732
Eland Umbra gives a creature +4/+4 toughness for two mana and protects it from the first removal spell that lands — that's a lot of stats and insurance on one card. In Doran, the Siege Tower builds where toughness is power, that toughness bonus translates directly into offensive output, making this one of the more efficient auras in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Doran, the Siege Tower
Doran, the Siege Tower turns Eland Umbra's +4 toughness into +4 effective power, so a two-mana aura is doing the work of a pump spell and a Shieldmage in one slot — that's the whole reason it shows up in nearly one in five Doran lists.
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice tutors an aura onto the battlefield whenever another aura enters, so casting Eland Umbra triggers a chain that finds whatever aura you need next — it's less about the toughness bonus and entirely about the totem armor protecting Light-Paws from being answered mid-chain.
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, Eland Umbra earns its slot almost exclusively in Doran, the Siege Tower and Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice builds — outside those two homes it's too narrow to justify a deck slot. In Pauper it's legal and the totem armor clause is genuinely relevant in a removal-heavy format, but white auras with stronger stats-per-mana compete for the same slot. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but nothing there wants a two-mana toughness aura. Eland Umbra is a Commander card that occasionally moonlights in Pauper; everywhere else it's a curiosity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Eland Umbra is bulk by any measure — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. It's unlikely to appreciate; the demand ceiling is narrow tribal-aura Commander lists, and supply is high enough that it stays in bulk bins indefinitely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.