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Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain

Lady Octopus wants a deck that makes everyone swap their hand for a fresh one. It also suits a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck.

  • Mana costblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness0 / 2
  • RarityRare

Whenever you draw your first or second card each turn, put an ingenuity counter on Lady Octopus.

tap: You may cast an artifact spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to the number of ingenuity counters on Lady Octopus without paying its mana cost.

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Cards That Fit Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

Picked for what they do in Lady Octopus's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Lady Octopus's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

explain how Lady Octopus works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 19 Sep 2025

The spell is cast as Lady Octopus's last ability resolves. You can't wait and cast it later.

Wizards of the Coast 19 Sep 2025

You don't have to cast a spell as that ability resolves. If you choose not to for some reason, don't let anyone judge your genius plans.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Lady Octopus, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.WheelsWheel decks make every player swap their whole hand for a fresh one, then profit from all that drawing. One way is making opponents lose life for each card they draw. The name comes from the card Wheel of Fortune.Open the Wheels pageDraw PayoffRewards card drawing: it triggers whenever you or an opponent draws a card, rather than drawing cards itself. Pair it with cards that make everyone draw, like Wheel of Fortune or Howling Mine, so the cards everyone else gets end up working for you. Smothering TitheOpen the Draw Payoff pageCascade/Free CastCascade decks cast extra spells for free, straight from the top of their deck, every time they cast the right card. Cascade turns over cards from the top of your library until it hits a cheaper spell, which you may cast without paying for it.Open the Cascade/Free Cast pageFree CastCan be cast without paying its mana cost when a condition is met, often "if you control your commander". Because it costs nothing, you can still answer something after your mana is already spent. Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting SwatOpen the Free Cast page