Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

{U}Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain0/2

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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.

What it does

Tagged as Card draw — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. 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. (2025-09-19)
  2. The spell is cast as Lady Octopus's last ability resolves. You can't wait and cast it later. (2025-09-19)

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