Octavia, Living Thesis
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.
How Octavia decks play in EDH
Octavia, Living Thesis is a mono-blue commander costing 8UU, and its legendary creature - elemental octopus line shapes the whole deck around it. Its ability is narrow enough that the deck is usually built to protect it and repeat the effect, rather than to go wide. The cards below are the ones Octavia, Living Thesis decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $12.34Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (11)
Creatures (3)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Octavia, Living Thesis 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 Octavia, Living Thesis deck?
Octavia, Living Thesis 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 Octavia, Living Thesis?
The cards played most often in Octavia, Living Thesis decks include Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets, Plunder the Trollshaws, Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot. 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 Octavia, Living Thesis deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $12.34 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 Octavia, Living Thesis 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.