Giant Octopus
Starter 2000 14 • common
- Set
- Starter 2000
- Collector number
- 14
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- John Matson
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
At the sight of the thing the calamari vendor's eyes went wide, but from fear or avarice none could tell.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Giant Octopus card was released as part of the Starter 2000 set for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, a product line designed to simplify the game's mechanics for new players following the initial explosion of the franchise's popularity in the late 1990s. The set was intended to serve as an accessible entry point, featuring simplified card layouts and static, pre-constructed decks that helped introduce the rules to a younger, burgeoning audience.
The card features an illustration by Ken Sugimori, the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon series. Sugimori's approach for the early card sets emphasized clean, direct depictions of creatures that remained consistent with his original game-design sketches, focusing on clarity for card readability rather than the elaborate, dynamic art styles that would characterize later expansions.
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