Octomancer

Card text

Gift an Octopus (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.)

At the beginning of each end step, create a token that's a copy of target creature token that entered the battlefield this turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Octomancer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Octomancer

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Octomancer, newest first.

• 2024-07-26 Any "enters" abilities of the copied token will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
• 2024-07-26 As an additional cost to cast a spell with gift, you can promise the listed gift to an opponent. That opponent is chosen as part of that additional cost. The gift isn't given at this time; rather, it's given at a later time based on whether or not the spell is a permanent spell.
• 2024-07-26 For instants and sorceries with gift, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent as part of the resolution of the spell. This happens before any of the spell's other effects would take place.
• 2024-07-26 For permanent spells with gift, an ability triggers when that permanent enters if the gift was promised. When that ability resolves, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent.
• 2024-07-26 If a spell for which the gift was promised is countered, doesn't resolve (perhaps because all of its targets are illegal), or is otherwise removed from the stack, the gift won't be given. None of its other effects will happen either.
• 2024-07-26 If the copied token has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
• 2024-07-26 If the copied token is copying something else (for example, if the copied token is one previously created by this ability), then the token enters as whatever that token copied.
• 2024-07-26 If you copy a spell for which the gift was promised, the gift was also promised to the same opponent for the copy. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the gift isn't promised for that new permanent, even if it was promised for the original.

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