---
name: "Octavia, Living Thesis"
mana_cost: "{8}{U}{U}"
cmc: 10
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Magecraft", "Ward"]
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Simon Dominic"
oracle_id: "65681a2a-8395-4390-845f-9be974994dcb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/octavia-living-thesis-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Octavia, Living Thesis
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}{U}{U}` (CMC: 10)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
- **Power/Toughness:** 8/8
- **Keywords:** Magecraft, Ward

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tolarian Terror](/printing/tolarian-terror-fdn.md) — Creature — Serpent
2. [Archmage of Runes](/printing/archmage-of-runes-pfdn.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard
3. [Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus](/printing/ultros-obnoxious-octopus-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Octopus
4. [Surtland Elementalist](/printing/surtland-elementalist-khm.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard
5. [Cryptic Serpent](/printing/cryptic-serpent-akh.md) — Creature — Serpent
6. [Sailors' Bane](/printing/sailors-bane-clb.md) — Creature — Dragon Turtle

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Simon Dominic
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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