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Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
RareColour IDMV 1
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
Whenever you draw your first or second card each turn, put an ingenuity counter on Lady Octopus.
: 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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Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2025-09-23Newest 2025-09-26Cheapest priced $0.74 in SPM
Rulings (2)
wotc19 Sept 2025
The spell is cast as Lady Octopus's last ability resolves. You can't wait and cast it later.
wotc19 Sept 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.
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