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Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
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Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain

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

{T}: 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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Set
Marvel's Spider-Man (SPM #35)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
1
Released
2025-09-26
Artist
Fariba Khamseh
EDHREC rank
#5,500
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.63
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 1

Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor+Ancestral Statue+Intruder Alarm
{U}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite storm countInfinite untap of creatures
30 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Mirran Spy 64 %+60.2 %
  2. Uthros Research Craft 54 %+47.4 %
  3. Seat of the Synod 64 %+44.4 %
  4. Emry, Lurker of the Loch 56 %+44.3 %
  5. Surge Conductor 46 %+44.2 %
  6. Kappa Cannoneer 52 %+44.0 %
  7. Cyberdrive Awakener 49 %+43.1 %
  8. Thought Monitor 54 %+43.0 %
  9. Padeem, Consul of Innovation 48 %+38.9 %
  10. Portal to Phyrexia 42 %+37.1 %
  11. Etherium Sculptor 53 %+36.3 %
  12. Insight Engine 41 %+36.1 %
  13. Vedalken Archmage 42 %+35.9 %
  14. Phyrexian Metamorph 55 %+35.8 %
  15. Academy Ruins 54 %+34.4 %
  16. Cityscape Leveler 35 %+33.7 %
  17. Inventors' Fair 47 %+33.7 %
  18. Sai, Master Thopterist 45 %+33.5 %
  19. Scour for Scrap 41 %+33.5 %
  20. Simulacrum Synthesizer 39 %+33.2 %
  21. The Endstone 35 %+33.0 %
  22. Blightsteel Colossus 37 %+32.9 %
  23. Forensic Gadgeteer 43 %+32.5 %
  24. Chimil, the Inner Sun 36 %+32.2 %
  25. Uthros, Titanic Godcore 41 %+31.1 %
  26. Unctus, Grand Metatect 35 %+30.3 %
  27. Riddlesmith 32 %+28.8 %
  28. Cerulean Wisps 32 %+28.8 %
  29. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 42 %+28.8 %
  30. Urza, Lord High Artificer 36 %+28.1 %
  31. Foundry Inspector 41 %+27.0 %
  32. Meteor Golem 31 %+27.0 %
  33. Darksteel Colossus 29 %+26.9 %
  34. Master Transmuter 31 %+26.9 %
  35. Brainstorm 67 %+26.7 %
  36. Krang, Utrom Warlord 29 %+26.5 %
  37. Cybermen Squadron 28 %+25.7 %
  38. Refocus 26 %+25.2 %
  39. Tezzeret, Cruel Captain 31 %+24.9 %
  40. Fabricate 45 %+24.6 %
  41. Opt 49 %+24.4 %
  42. Spellskite 35 %+24.2 %
  43. Unwinding Clock 35 %+24.0 %
  44. Mystic Forge 34 %+24.0 %
  45. Cryogen Relic 28 %+23.8 %
  46. Consider 39 %+23.7 %
  47. Iron Man, Bleeding Edge 25 %+23.6 %
  48. Mishra's Bauble 33 %+23.2 %
  49. Buried Ruin 35 %+22.9 %
  50. Faerie Mastermind 39 %+22.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 95 %+1.0 %
  2. Sol Ring 87 %+2.1 %
  3. Brainstorm 67 %+26.7 %
  4. Mirran Spy 64 %+60.2 %
  5. Seat of the Synod 64 %+44.4 %
  6. Arcane Signet 63 %-1.5 %
  7. Emry, Lurker of the Loch 56 %+44.3 %
  8. Phyrexian Metamorph 55 %+35.8 %
  9. Uthros Research Craft 54 %+47.4 %
  10. Counterspell 54 %-11.6 %
  11. Thought Monitor 54 %+43.0 %
  12. Academy Ruins 54 %+34.4 %
  13. Etherium Sculptor 53 %+36.3 %
  14. Kappa Cannoneer 52 %+44.0 %
  15. Reliquary Tower 51 %-4.9 %
  16. Frantic Search 50 %+18.1 %
  17. Opt 49 %+24.4 %
  18. Cyberdrive Awakener 49 %+43.1 %
  19. Padeem, Consul of Innovation 48 %+38.9 %
  20. Arcane Denial 48 %+11.0 %
  21. Inventors' Fair 47 %+33.7 %
  22. Surge Conductor 46 %+44.2 %
  23. Thought Vessel 46 %-5.0 %
  24. Sai, Master Thopterist 45 %+33.5 %
  25. Fabricate 45 %+24.6 %
  26. Mystic Remora 44 %+17.8 %
  27. Forensic Gadgeteer 43 %+32.5 %
  28. Portal to Phyrexia 42 %+37.1 %
  29. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 42 %+28.8 %
  30. Vedalken Archmage 42 %+35.9 %
  31. Rhystic Study 41 %+10.5 %
  32. An Offer You Can't Refuse 41 %+2.3 %
  33. Insight Engine 41 %+36.1 %
  34. Scour for Scrap 41 %+33.5 %
  35. Uthros, Titanic Godcore 41 %+31.1 %
  36. Foundry Inspector 41 %+27.0 %
  37. Swiftfoot Boots 39 %+11.3 %
  38. Solemn Simulacrum 39 %+18.4 %
  39. Simulacrum Synthesizer 39 %+33.2 %
  40. Consider 39 %+23.7 %
  41. Faerie Mastermind 39 %+22.8 %
  42. Blightsteel Colossus 37 %+32.9 %
  43. Lightning Greaves 36 %+10.1 %
  44. Sensei's Divining Top 36 %+22.0 %
  45. Chimil, the Inner Sun 36 %+32.2 %
  46. Urza's Saga 36 %+19.3 %
  47. Urza, Lord High Artificer 36 %+28.1 %
  48. Swan Song 35 %+7.9 %
  49. Unwinding Clock 35 %+24.0 %
  50. Unctus, Grand Metatect 35 %+30.3 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-09-19

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

  • 2025-09-19

    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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