Octavia, Living Thesis

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Octavia, Living Thesis: Legendary Creature - Elemental Octopus, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{8}{U}{U}
Mana value
10
Type
Legendary Creature - Elemental Octopus
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
8/8
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
103
Artist
Simon Dominic
Commander rank
5,927 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Magecraft, Ward
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Octavia, Living Thesis

Octavia, Living Thesis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 103 in that set, with art by Simon Dominic. It costs {8}{U}{U} (eight generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 10. It is a 8/8 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.99 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Ward {8}

Magecraft - Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.99 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Octavia, Living Thesis by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Octavia, Living Thesis

Octavia, Living Thesis has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90026Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #29Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #356Rare2021

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Octavia, Living Thesis, newest first.

  • If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
  • Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
  • For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
  • Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
  • If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
  • If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.

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