Snake Umbra

Public decks that run Snake Umbra

• Adaptive Enchantment - Commander 2018, led by Estrid, the Masked
• Upgrades Unleashed - Neon Dynasty Commander, led by Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
• Virtue and Valor - Wilds of Eldraine Commander, led by Ellivere of the Wild Court

Commanders that run Snake Umbra most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Tannuk, Memorial Ensign: 6,466 decks
• Chishiro, the Shattered Blade: 4,930 decks
• Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief: 4,486 decks
• Crystal, Inhuman Princess: 3,480 decks
• Ellivere of the Wild Court: 3,401 decks
• The Howling Abomination: 3,041 decks
• Uril, the Miststalker: 2,543 decks
• Wolverine, Best There Is: 2,511 decks

Often played with Snake Umbra

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Triton Fortune Hunter
• Tandem Lookout
• Ophidian Eye
• Surrakar Spellblade
• Vedalken Heretic
• Triton Cavalry
• Meletis Astronomer
• Octopus Umbra
• Artisan of Forms
• Djinn Illuminatus

Rulings

• 2010-06-15: Snake Umbra grants the triggered ability to the creature. It triggers whenever the enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent of its controller (who is not necessarily an opponent of the Aura's controller). In other words, if your Snake Umbra winds up enchanting your opponent's creature, that opponent will draw a card whenever that creature damages you.
• 2010-06-15: The ability triggers when the enchanted creature deals any damage, not just combat damage.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.
• 2024-06-07: 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.