Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
Whenever you draw your first or second card each turn, put an ingenuity counter on Lady Octopus. {T}: You may cast an artifact spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to the number of ingenuity counters on Lady Octopus without paying its mana cost.
How Lady Octopus decks play in EDH
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor is a mono-blue commander costing U, and its legendary creature - human scientist villain line shapes the whole deck around it. It draws extra cards, so the deck can afford a lower curve and lean on volume. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $78.73Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (8)
Counterspells (2)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor deck?
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor?
The cards played most often in Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor decks include Fateful Discovery, The Theorist, Jace Beleren, Memnarch, the Warden. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $78.73 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.