If you like high risk high reward cards then I think Bear Umbra is still worth keeping. Again creature auras have the 2-for-1 disadvantage and creatures are MUCH easier to answer than lands so Bear Umbra is at significantly more risk. Annihilator 4 Use Reconnaissance to remove them from combat and untap them. The ability of the attacking creature (Ulamog in this case) will trigger. Bear Umbra triggers, untapping all lands you control. Bear Umbra has better upsides for the same mana investment so I would cut the Festival first if you're looking for cuts. Combo Name: Infinite Attacking Triggers Attack with Hellkite Charger and Ulamog, paying for the extra combat phase with Hellkites ability.

ProstetnicVogonJelz has a good points while comparing Bear Umbra to Market Festival. And I’m pretty sure the impetus for my combo deck using Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Seeker. I bought my first Sengir Vampire because I wanted to build an Angels and Vampire deck for my Serra Angel to go into. They have differences but Nature's Will never opens you up to a 2-for-1 opportunity so I would pick it over Bear Umbra every time. In my twenty years with Magic: The Gathering, the only constant has been my love for building theme decks. Both are 4 mana, both require a creature able to attack to be useful, both will untap your lands.

For this reason I tend to avoid auras almost entirely in non-enchantress decks unless the upside greatly outweighs the downsides.Ī good comparison to Bear Umbra is. Combo Name: Infinite Attacking Triggers Attack with Hellkite Charger and Ulamog, paying for the extra combat phase with Hellkite's ability. I think the biggest con that all auras have you give an opponent the opportunity to 2-for-1 you by removing the aura target in response.

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