Octavia, Living Thesis

Octavia, Living Thesis

Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

Mana cost: {8}{U}{U}

How we read this card

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

static —

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

triggered —

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: an instant is cast, a sorcery is cast, an instant is copied, a sorcery is copied, an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Octavia, Living Thesis onto the battlefield from your library

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

copy a sorcery — 83 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Lithoform Engine — When an instant is copied thanks to Lithoform Engine, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  2. Kitsa, Otterball Elite — When an instant is copied thanks to Kitsa, Otterball Elite, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  3. Thunderclap Drake — When Thunderclap Drake is copied, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  4. Eye of the Storm — When an instant is copied thanks to Eye of the Storm, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  5. Reenact the Crime — When Reenact the Crime is copied, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  6. Arcane Proxy — When an instant is copied thanks to Arcane Proxy, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  7. Mirrorpool — When an instant is copied thanks to Mirrorpool, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  8. Demilich — When an instant is copied thanks to Demilich, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  9. God-Eternal Kefnet — When an instant is copied thanks to God-Eternal Kefnet, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  10. Wondrous Crucible — When an instant is copied thanks to Wondrous Crucible, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers

73 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

copy an instant — 87 cards in the game can cause this.

When an instant is copied thanks to:

  1. Spellbinder — Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  2. Spellweaver Volute — Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  3. Elite Arcanist — Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  4. Isochron Scepter — Octavia, Living Thesis triggers

83 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mission Briefing — When Mission Briefing is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  2. Sorcerous Squall — When Sorcerous Squall is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  3. Spectral Arcanist — When an instant is cast thanks to Spectral Arcanist, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  4. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  5. Diviner of Mist — When an instant is cast thanks to Diviner of Mist, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  6. Jace's Mindseeker — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace's Mindseeker, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  7. Helmut Zemo, Mastermind — When an instant is cast thanks to Helmut Zemo, Mastermind, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  8. Quistis Trepe — When an instant is cast thanks to Quistis Trepe, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  9. Daring Waverider — When an instant is cast thanks to Daring Waverider, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  10. Omnispell Adept — When an instant is cast thanks to Omnispell Adept, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers

3,710 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast an instant — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Theoretical Duplication — When Theoretical Duplication is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  2. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — When Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  3. Into the Story — When Into the Story is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  4. Rite of Undoing — When Rite of Undoing is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  5. Will of the Naga — When Will of the Naga is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  6. Logic Knot — When Logic Knot is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  7. Dig Through Time — When Dig Through Time is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  8. Complete the Circuit — When Complete the Circuit is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  9. Sudden Insight — When Sudden Insight is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers
  10. Stoic Rebuttal — When Stoic Rebuttal is cast, Octavia, Living Thesis triggers

3,921 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

111 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

183 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  4. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  5. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  6. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis deals combat damage:

  1. Tifa, Martial Artist — untaps a permanent
  2. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life

193 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

When Octavia, Living Thesis enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

299 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Octavia is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Octavia, Living Thesis enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

40 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.