Octopus Umbra

set	min	mtgo
-	4.67	2.15 tix

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Name	Octopus Umbra
Type	Enchantment — aura
Description	Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature with power 8 or less." Totem armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it See more
Artist	Howard Lyon
Set	The List #70
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Image	download

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About Octopus Umbra

Octopus Umbra, Enchantment — aura, designed by Howard Lyon first released in Nov, 2016 in the set Treasure Chest and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 4.67.

This card, Octopus Umbra, would benefit a control deck that focuses on tapping down opponent's creatures and maintaining board control. While it provides a strong power and toughness boost to the enchanted creature, its ability to tap down a target creature with power 8 or less when attacking adds an extra layer of control. However, there are potentially better cards for this purpose, such as Control Magic or Claustrophobia, which offer more versatile control options. Whether Octopus Umbra should see play would depend on the specific strategy and synergies of the deck it's being considered for.

Rules

07/13/18

If a permanent enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor has indestructible, lethal damage and effects that try to destroy it simply have no effect. Totem armor won’t do anything because it won’t have to.

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If a permanent you control is enchanted with multiple Auras that have totem armor, and the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, one of those Auras is destroyed instead — but only one of them. You choose which one because you control the enchanted permanent.

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If a spell or ability (such as Akroma’s Vengeance) would destroy both an Aura with totem armor and the permanent it’s enchanting at the same time, totem armor’s effect will save the enchanted permanent 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.

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If a spell or ability says that it would “destroy” a permanent enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor, that spell or ability is what causes the Aura to be destroyed instead. Totem 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 totem armor, the game rules regarding lethal damage cause the Aura to be destroyed, not that spell or ability.

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Octopus Umbra overwrites all previous effects that set the creature’s base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply to a creature after Octopus Umbra becomes attached to it will overwrite this effect.

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Totem armor’s effect is mandatory. If the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, you must remove all damage from it (if it has any) and destroy the Aura that has totem armor instead.

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