Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative: Legendary Creature - Octopus Rogue, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Octopus Rogue
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 1/8
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 7
- Artist
- John Tedrick
- Commander rank
- 7,391 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Clash
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 7 in that set, with art by John Tedrick. It costs {3}{U}{B} (three generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 1/8 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.58 (foil finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Whenever Marvo attacks, clash with defending player. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)
Whenever you win a clash, draw a card. Then you may cast a spell from your hand with mana value 8 or less without paying its mana cost.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $0.58 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Marvo, Deep Operative by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MKC-7 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #315 | Mythic | 2024 |
Similar cards
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In these precons
Marvo, Deep Operative is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.