Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
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SetSPM
Collector #128
Released2025-09-26
Raritymythic
ArtistXabi Gaztelua
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Doctor Octopus, Master Planner

MythicColour IDMV 7
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
Card capabilities
Card drawCreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2025-09-23Newest 2025-09-26Cheapest priced $9.00 in PSPM
Rulings (3)
wotc19 Sept 2025
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.
wotc19 Sept 2025
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.
wotc19 Sept 2025
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.
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