Giant Octopus
Ninth Edition S4 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- S4
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
"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
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 included in the Ninth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition was designed to provide a foundational collection of cards that would be accessible to new players while maintaining continuity with the game's long-standing mechanics. The set marked a transition point in the game's aesthetic presentation, moving toward the modern card frame that debuted in Eighth Edition.
The artwork for this specific iteration was commissioned from Heather Hudson, a prolific illustrator known for her contributions to Magic throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Hudson’s design captures the creature in a classic, illustrative style common to the era, aiming to emphasize the scale and menace of the beast within the game's aquatic-themed blue color pie. While the Giant Octopus is a common-rarity card and a functional reprint of creatures found in earlier sets, it remains a nostalgic touchstone for players who entered the hobby during the mid-2000s.
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