MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #90026

Octavia, Living Thesis

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#90026·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Simon Dominic

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,659 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.70

Nonfoil$1.70

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard. Ward {8} Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

8/8

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 6

2021-04-16wotc

If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.

2021-04-16wotc

Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.

2021-04-16wotc

For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #90026 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the May 2021 Magic Online release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {8}{U}{U} (10 converted). Keyword abilities: Magecraft and Ward.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,659 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Simon Dominic. Rarix catalogs 545 other cards credited to this artist.