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◇ Catalog #228

Doctor Octopus, Master Planner

spm·#228·mythic·showcase

Illus. Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos

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Sep '25

10 mo ago

Value

$3.37+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.49 · low $3.18

NM$3.37

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.11–$3.56modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.38low $1.58range 113.9%n 90

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,059 · Fringe play

Variants

Showcase$3.37

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain

Other Villains you control get +2/+2. Your maximum hand size is eight. At the beginning of your end step, if you have fewer than eight cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.

4/8

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 3

2025-09-19wotc

Your maximum hand size is checked only during the cleanup step of your turn. At any other time, you may have any number of cards in hand.

2025-09-19wotc

The number of cards you ultimately draw may be affected by replacement effects. For example, if you have six cards in hand as Doctor Octopus's last ability resolves, and you also control Thought Reflection (an enchantment that says "If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead"), you'll end up drawing four cards.

2025-09-19wotc

If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Spellbook (an artifact that says you have no maximum hand size) onto the battlefield and then put Doctor Octopus, Master Planner onto the battlefield, your maximum hand size will be eight. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, you would have no maximum hand size.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.37. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.58 and $3.38 across 90 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SPM — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #228 of *Marvel's Spider-Man*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2025 Marvel's Spider-Man release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain, color identity black/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {5}{U}{B} (7 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,059 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos. Rarix catalogs 20 other cards credited to this artist.