Embrace your fears.
Lore
Umbra is a world of eternal summer, a utopia for all its citizens, mainly humans. However, one day a year the sun doesn't rise, humans are driven mad by dormant lycanthropy within them, the dead come back for the living, both spiritually and physically, and the very pumpkins farmed for food rise up to attack! This is the Accursed Eve, the only dreaded day in the year of Umbra.
The overarching story of the set takes place across a single Accursed Eve. In recent years, many humans have begun to study and wonder what makes the Accursed Eve occur each year at the same time of year. What was discovered was a surge of ethereal energy from an unknown source that makes the Eve possible, an energy that may even be able to be harnessed and controlled. Recent Accursed Eves have been the setting for all kinds of incredible and terrible experiments and feats by geniuses and alchemists.
Catching word of the plane from the recently-ignited Spirit planeswalker Grace—and just after a humiliating defeat at the hands of the ancient vampire planeswalker Sorin Markov—Tibalt, an Innistrad-native human-turned-devil moves to Umbra to investigate this for himself. Taking delight in the torment of sentient beings of all kind, he figured there must be some potential to the Accursed Eve and all the secrets the very nature of it must possess.
However, despite Tibalt's best effort to remain relatively unnoticed during his time on the plane, certain subtle aspects of his devilish form cause the Polymancer Eliot to become suspicious of him. While not entirely sure of the Devil's intent, Eliot knows that a Devil walking around Umbra during any day other than the Accursed Eve must have ulterior motives. It is up to them to gather the information and forces needed to put an end to Tibalt's scheme, whatever it is, before it can be put into motion.
Details
Features the following mechanics:
o Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
o Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
o Lycanthropy — At the beginning of each upkeep, if the player whose turn it was last turn [cast no spells]/[cast two or more spells] during that turn, transform this creature.
o Amalgamate (At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move a counter from this creature onto another target creature you control.)
o Flashback [Cost] (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
o Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
o Tribal spells (This spell has creature types in addition to its other types.)
o Keyword Counters
Points of Interest
Archetype Showcase
As with most sets nowadays, Umbra uses the ten two-color guild pairings as the basis for its Archetypes.
| Colors | Archetype | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spirits | Harness the power of the dead! Maximize the value of sacrifice effect by using death effects and the Haunt mechanic. Signpost Uncommon: Street Creeper | |
| Vampires | Feast on the blood of your opponents! Gain life as you whittle your opponent down, benefiting off effects that care about gaining life, and allowing you to pay life. Signpost Uncommon: Indulgent Extractor | |
| Berserkers | Harness Paranoia and take down the common enemy! Assemble an army of tokens and go wide to take down your opponent quickly. Signpost Uncommon: Rabblegang | |
| Humans | Strengthen yourself and survive the night! Utilize the Mentor mechanic to grow your creatures and create an unstoppable force of survivors. Signpost Uncommon: Eversummer Exemplar | |
| Zombies | Raise an undead army! Use mill to fill your graveyard and maximize cards that benefit from having cards in your graveyard and bringing creatures back. Signpost Uncommon: Shambling Legion | |
| Wizards | Discover forbidden arcane secrets! Cast various noncreature spells to grow your creatures from their prowess effects, then do it all again thanks to flashback. Signpost Uncommon: Catalyst Specialist | |
| Mutants | Make the perfect monster! Load up counters on your creatures and modify their abilities, power, and toughness thanks to the amalgamate mechanic. Signpost uncommon: Branchweft Crow | |
| Pumpkins | Carve your perfect jack-o-lantern! Use keyword counters to carve up your pumpkins with a load of abilities they can share amongst each other. Signpost Uncommon: Jack of Lanterns | |
| Spiders | Create an inescapable web! Assemble and army of creepy crawlies with reach, and maximize their potential both defensively and offensively. Signpost Uncommon: Bloodglutton Spider | |
| Werewolves | Hunt in the moonlight! Transform your werewolves by not playing cards on your turn, then utilize flash spells and activated abilities to strike while the moon is out. Signpost Uncommon: Neverending Pack |
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This is the first version of Umbra published on PlaneSculptors.net.