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Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus

Legendary Creature — Octopus

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least four mana was spent to cast it, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least eight mana was spent to cast it, put eight +1/+1 counters on Ultros.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#14935
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Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus card art
Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus puts a repeatable counter-distribution engine on the board — every end step, you're moving +1/+1 counters around and triggering abilities that care about them, all for three mana. The cost is that it demands a deck built to exploit those activations, which is exactly why it slots so cleanly next to Agatha's Soul Cauldron and why The Emperor of Palamecia runs it at a 12% clip.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

The Emperor of Palamecia

12.6% of decks · synergy 0.12

The Emperor of Palamecia's payoffs scale on creatures with counters, and Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus functions as a free redistribution layer every end step — you're constantly fueling the engine without spending additional cards or mana.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus — the longer the game, the more end-step triggers fire, and a 99-card singleton environment gives you the density of counter-synergy payoffs to make each activation matter. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it's nearly unplayable: three mana for a 3/3 with a slow, incremental effect doesn't clear the bar when opponents are winning on turn three or four. Legacy and Vintage are the same story — the card simply doesn't move fast enough. Standard is the one constructed format where it could technically see fringe play in a dedicated counters shell, but it faces stiff competition from more efficient pieces.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus is pure bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb unless a breakout counter-synergy commander drives it into widespread play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.