Kumena's Awakening
Enchantment
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. If you have the city's blessing, instead only you draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #11642
Kumena's Awakening draws you a card every upkeep — and if you've achieved city's blessing, every opponent draws one too, which is a real cost at most tables. Obeka, Splitter of Seconds sidesteps that downside entirely by ending your turn before the cumulative upkeep clause triggers, turning this into one-sided repeatable draw for free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds skips the upkeep step where Kumena's Awakening would otherwise force symmetrical draws, so every trigger nets you a card and costs your opponents nothing — making it unconditional engine fuel in that shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kumena's Awakening sees essentially zero play in competitive formats — Modern, Legacy, and Pioneer have faster, cheaper, and unconditionally one-sided draw engines that don't require city's blessing to avoid giving opponents cards. In Commander, the calculus is different: the symmetrical downside is a real problem at a four-player table, but commanders like Obeka, Splitter of Seconds neutralize it completely, and group hug shells can lean into it deliberately. Outside those specific homes, Kumena's Awakening sits behind too many cleaner options to earn a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Kumena's Awakening is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in without any financial consideration. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless Obeka or a future upkeep-manipulation commander drives a sudden spike in interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.