Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor by user3678918

Format: Commander

Commander: Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This mono-blue stompy deck accelerates into colossal artifact and Eldrazi threats using high-density mana rocks, cost reduction, and the cheating capability of Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor. Early turns prioritize establishing rapid mana production through Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, and Thran Dynamo. Once the mana base reaches 8 to 10 mana by Turn 4, the deck deploys game-warping permanents such as Void Winnower, Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, and Blightsteel Colossus. Encroaching Mycosynth turns all nonland cards into artifacts, enabling Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor to cheat Eldrazi titans directly into play for free. Free countermagic like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship defends the board while leaving all mana open for heavy offensive plays. Massive combat damage, trample, infect, and annihilator triggers systematically dismantle opposing life totals and boards, closing out the game cleanly around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Eldrazi Temple
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flayer of Loyalties
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 25 Island
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Lat-Nam's Legacy
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Molecule Man
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Platinum Emperion
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Traverse Eternity
  • 1 Ugin's Binding
  • 1 Ugin's Labyrinth
  • 1 Ulamog's Dreadsire
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Unstable Experiment
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Worn Powerstone