---
name: "Giant Octopus"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Octopus"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "S4"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "c181d2a4-5959-4409-9bd3-ecedf8ec9516"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-octopus-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Giant Octopus
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

> *"Before my eyes was a horrible monster, worthy to figure in the legends of the marvellous. . . . Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head . . . were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair."
—Jules Verne, *Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea*, trans. Lewis*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Caelorna, Coral Tyrant](/printing/caelorna-coral-tyrant-dft.md) — Legendary Creature — Octopus
2. [Cephalid Retainer](/printing/cephalid-retainer-ody.md) — Creature — Octopus
3. [Kraken Hatchling](/printing/kraken-hatchling-j21.md) — Creature — Kraken
4. [Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor](/printing/aboshan-cephalid-emperor-ody.md) — Legendary Creature — Octopus Noble
5. [Omen Hawker](/printing/omen-hawker-mom.md) — Creature — Octopus Advisor
6. [Galvanic Giant // Storm Reading](/printing/galvanic-giant-storm-reading-woe.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard // Instant — Adventure

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #S4
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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