Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
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.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Through the Omenpaths
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6734
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor lands and immediately starts generating artifact tokens or value, and the cost of that engine is a commander slot well spent in the right shell. Ancestral Statue loops and bounce synergies push her output into genuinely broken territory, and Aloy, Savior of Meridian decks have already figured that out — over 21% inclusion rate doesn't lie.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aloy, Savior of Meridian
Aloy, Savior of Meridian wants artifacts entering the battlefield repeatedly, and Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor feeds that trigger engine every time she produces a token or gets bounced back into play.
Basim Ibn Ishaq
Basim Ibn Ishaq rewards stacking abilities and recurring enter-the-battlefield effects, and Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor slots in as a repeatable source of artifact production that keeps Basim's synergy count climbing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where she actually sees play. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have no shortage of faster, more focused artifact payoffs, so she doesn't compete at that level. In Commander, the combination of a relevant body, ongoing token production, and bounce-loop potential puts her firmly in the conversation for artifact-focused 99s and as a commander herself.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Lady Octopus, Inspired InventorAncestral StatueIntruder Alarm
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor isn't confirmed at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given her Commander-specific appeal and the Horizons-set trajectory of similar cards, she's worth picking up sooner rather than later if she fits your build.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.