Penumbra Umbra
Mana Cost:
Type: Enchantment — Aura
Oracle Text:
Enchant creature you control
When Penumbra Umbra is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a token that's a copy of enchanted creature, except the token is black.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Mystery Booster 2
Price ( USD): $0.27
USD: $0.27
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Character Background
Penumbra Umbra is a compact, flavorful piece of insurance that rewards attrition and clever sequencing: as a one-mana-plus-green aura it gives a creature a one-time Umbra armor save and, when the aura itself hits the graveyard, spits out a black token copy of the enchanted creature. That makes the card best suited to value/attrition and midrange sacrifice shells rather than raw aggro — it turns a dying or doomed creature into additional board presence or a repeatable ETB. Build around creatures with strong enter-the-battlefield effects (Eternal Witness, Acidic Slime, or anything you want to duplicate) and include token-doublers like Parallel Lives/Anointed Procession to amplify the payoff; conversely, pair it with sacrifice outlets (Altar of Dementia, Viscera Seer) so you can deliberately send the aura to the graveyard on your terms. Thematically it reads as a shadowy second life, and in play it reads as a cheap hedge that converts removal into tangible value.
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