Zubera

Zubera
Floating-Dream Zubera
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Introduced	Champions of Kamigawa
Last used	Saviors of Kamigawa
Scryfall Statistics
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Zubera (ZOO-beh-rah) is creature type unique to the Kamigawa block. A Zubera is the faceless kami of a human who has been pulled into the spirit world. Zubera are said to attack solitary travelers in order to steal their faces. In fact, Zubera is essentially a species of Spirits. No Zubera is printed without the Spirit type.

Kamigawa

The type first surfaced as a cycle in the set Champions of Kamigawa. Each of these common 1/2 creatures costs M and has a triggered ability when it goes to the graveyard that grows with each Zubera put into a graveyard from play that turn. There's one for each color:

• Silent-Chant Zubera ()
• Floating-Dream Zubera ()
• Ashen-Skin Zubera ()
• Ember-Fist Zubera ()
• Dripping-Tongue Zubera ()

Saviors of Kamigawa added two mirrored 3/3 uncommon creatures for MM with an ability that triggers if they go to the graveyard from play after being dealt four damage or more that turn.

• Burning-Eye Zubera ()
• Rushing-Tide Zubera ()

Trivia

• Zubera is a corruption of Noppera-bō, the term for the Japanese yokai that inspired these creatures.
• The creative team made Zubera an additional creature type (alongside Spirit) so that they could key off of type when they died.
• A giant Dripping-Tongue Zubera is depicted in Unchecked Growth.
• The names of the Zubera don't link directly to the Shrines (like the Myojin do), but the connection still comes through with their abilities.
• The Zubera were made as a Kindle variant that went on creatures and only counted other Zubera that died the same turn as it did.