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Snake Umbra

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card."
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Ultimate Masters
Price
$1.10
EDHREC rank
#1448
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Snake Umbra card art
Snake Umbra turns any combat-damage trigger into a card draw engine and wraps the equipped creature in a totem armor that eats a removal spell for free. Three mana to cast, two to move — it's a real cost, but on a hexproof threat like Thrun, Breaker of Silence or a wheel-happy commander like Niv-Mizzet, Parun, it pays back immediately and absorbs the first kill spell on top of it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Thrun, Breaker of Silence

Thrun, Breaker of Silence

77.3% of decks · synergy 0.71

Thrun, Breaker of Silence can't be targeted by opponents but still dies to wrath effects — Snake Umbra plugs that hole by replacing itself on destruction, and the draw trigger fires every time Thrun's already-reliable combat damage connects.

02
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

77.7% of decks · synergy 0.69

The Howling Abomination wants to attack and trigger as much as possible, and Snake Umbra delivers both a free card every time it deals combat damage and a layer of protection that makes each attack safer to commit to.

03
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

66.4% of decks · synergy 0.65

When you target a creature with Snake Umbra, Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies the Aura onto herself for free — you get double the totem armor shields and double the draw triggers from a single three-mana enchantment.

04
Borborygmos Enraged

Borborygmos Enraged

73.7% of decks · synergy 0.65

Borborygmos Enraged needs a constant supply of lands in hand to fuel its land-pitching damage ability, and Snake Umbra replenishes that supply every time the commander deals combat damage, keeping the engine running.

05
Kosei, Penitent Warlord

Kosei, Penitent Warlord

69.7% of decks · synergy 0.63

Kosei, Penitent Warlord requires three or more Auras or Equipment to unlock its own triggered ability, and Snake Umbra counts toward that threshold while simultaneously drawing a card every time Kosei's damage triggers resolve.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Snake Umbra does its best work — the singleton format rewards durability, and totem armor is one of the few protection effects that survives board wipes that target enchantments rather than creatures. In Pauper, Snake Umbra sees fringe play in Aura-based voltron shells where both the draw trigger and the protection layer are genuinely relevant on a common budget. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — three mana for a conditional draw effect is far too slow when those formats close games on turns one and two. Pioneer and Standard are off the table entirely.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.10 cheap tier

At $1.10, Snake Umbra sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to slot into any Aura or voltron build without a second thought. That price is stable; it's been reprinted enough times to keep supply healthy, so there's no urgency to buy in bulk and no expectation of a spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.