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Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may pay 2 life. If they don't, they return a permanent they control to its owner's hand.
It was the explorers' only tether to reality.
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Urza's Saga
- Released
- 1998-10-12
- Artist
- Dermot Power
- Printings
- 3
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.23
- Cheapest foil
- $0.32
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Umbilicus (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.1%
- +0.1 ppnew
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.3%
- +0.1 ppup 68.8% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 6
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.2
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Tinker13% of lists · 6
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Umbilicus in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Tinker (13%).
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Printings (3)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Umbilicus — Urza's Saga #312Urza's Saga | #312 | $0.83 |
 Preview Umbilicus — Dominaria Remastered #237Dominaria Remastered | #237 | $0.33 |
 Preview Umbilicus — Dominaria Remastered #390Dominaria Remastered | #390 | $0.23 |
Price trend
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