Octomancer BLC

Other printings of "Octomancer": BLC #37 BLC #69

Card

id	12227
artist	Justin Gerard
artistIds	7548479e-1d37-42e1-ade0-9d88748f2f47
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	G, U
colorIndicator
colors	G, U
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	5029
edhrecSaltiness	0.2
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects	extendedart
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Gift
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{3}{G}{U}
manaValue	5
name	Octomancer
number	69
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Gift an Octopus (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.) At the beginning of each end step, create a token that's a copy of target creature token that entered the battlefield this turn.
otherFaceIds
power	3
printings	BLC
promoTypes	boosterfun
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	BLC
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['f411dc8e-a880-567b-84c6-a7c16757597d']}
subsets
subtypes	Frog, Druid
supertypes
text	Gift an Octopus (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.) At the beginning of each end step, create a token that's a copy of target creature token that entered the battlefield this turn.
toughness	3
type	Creature — Frog Druid
types	Creature
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variations	b4130759-1a1a-5a92-b0ad-0d6247a9d85c
watermark
setName	Bloomburrow Commander

Identifiers

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mtgoId	128249
multiverseId	671014
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Legalities

id	12227
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	fcfab929-a10e-5075-b9b3-d6acc5ee0e6a
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	12227
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/bcd92859fc0ab9b8
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/9ffc63cf7913f8a2
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	fcfab929-a10e-5075-b9b3-d6acc5ee0e6a

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	type	text	multiverseId
French	Octomancien	Créature — grenouille et druide	Faites cadeau d'une pieuvre (Vous pouvez promettre un cadeau à un adversaire au moment où vous lancez ce sort. Si vous faites ainsi, quand il arrive, ce joueur crée un jeton de créature 8/8 bleue Pieuvre.) Au début de chaque étape de fin, créez un jeton qui est une copie d'un jeton de créature ciblé qui est arrivé sur le champ de bataille ce tour-ci.	671070
German	Oktomagier	Kreatur — Frosch, Druide	Verschenke einen Oktopus (Du kannst einem Gegner ein Geschenk versprechen, sowie du diesen Zauberspruch wirkst. Falls du dies tust, erzeugt er, wenn dieses Permanent ins Spiel kommt, einen 8/8 blauen Oktopus-Kreaturenspielstein.) Zu Beginn jedes Endsegments erzeugst du einen Spielstein, der eine Kopie eines Kreaturenspielsteins deiner Wahl ist, der in diesem Zug ins Spiel gekommen ist.	671042
Japanese	蛸術師	クリーチャー — カエル・ドルイド	タコ１体を贈呈（あなたがこの呪文を唱えるに際し、対戦相手１人に贈呈する約束をしてもよい。そうしたなら、これが戦場に出たとき、そのプレイヤーは青の８/８のタコ・クリーチャー・トークン１体を生成する。）各終了ステップの開始時に、このターン中に戦場に出たクリーチャー・トークン１体を対象とする。それのコピーであるトークン１体を生成する。	671098

Rulings

date	text
2024-07-26	Any "enters" abilities of the copied token will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
2024-07-26	As an additional cost to cast a spell with gift, you can promise the listed gift to an opponent. That opponent is chosen as part of that additional cost. The gift isn't given at this time; rather, it's given at a later time based on whether or not the spell is a permanent spell.
2024-07-26	For instants and sorceries with gift, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent as part of the resolution of the spell. This happens before any of the spell's other effects would take place.
2024-07-26	For permanent spells with gift, an ability triggers when that permanent enters if the gift was promised. When that ability resolves, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent.
2024-07-26	If a spell for which the gift was promised is countered, doesn't resolve (perhaps because all of its targets are illegal), or is otherwise removed from the stack, the gift won't be given. None of its other effects will happen either.
2024-07-26	If the copied token has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
2024-07-26	If the copied token is copying something else (for example, if the copied token is one previously created by this ability), then the token enters as whatever that token copied.
2024-07-26	If you copy a spell for which the gift was promised, the gift was also promised to the same opponent for the copy. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the gift isn't promised for that new permanent, even if it was promised for the original.
2024-07-26	In the main set, there are four different kinds of gifts. "Gift a Food" causes the chosen opponent to create a Food token, while "Gift a Treasure" causes the chosen opponent to create a Treasure token. "Gift a card" causes them to draw a card, and "Gift a tapped Fish" causes them to create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token. The Commander decks contain two more kinds of gifts: "Gift an Octopus," which causes the chosen opponent to create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token, and "Gift an extra turn," which causes them to take an extra turn after the current turn ends.
2024-07-26	Some instant or sorcery spells require alternative or additional targets if the gift was promised. You ignore these targeting requirements if the gifts aren't promised for those spells. On the other hand, you can promise a gift for a permanent spell even if you won't be able to choose targets for an enters ability of that permanent once the spell resolves.
2024-07-26	The token you create copies the original characteristics of the token as stated by the effect that created that token (unless that token is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
2024-07-26	You can't pay a gift cost more than once.