---
name: "Doctor Octopus, Master Planner"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SPM"
set_name: "Marvel's Spider-Man"
collector_number: "228"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos"
oracle_id: "2fecfbef-e521-4025-94ea-451c9abde3de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/doctor-octopus-master-planner-spm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/8

## Oracle Text
Other Villains you control get +2/+2.
Your maximum hand size is eight.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have fewer than eight cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist](/printing/doc-ock-sinister-scientist-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
2. [The Masters of Evil](/printing/the-masters-of-evil-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
3. [Doc Ock, Evil Inventor](/printing/doc-ock-evil-inventor-spe.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
4. [Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord](/printing/baron-strucker-hydra-overlord-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
5. [Reed Richards, Smartest Man](/printing/reed-richards-smartest-man-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
6. [Visions of Villainy](/printing/visions-of-villainy-msh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel's Spider-Man (SPM) #228
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`