Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Other Villains you control get +2/+2.
Your maximum hand size is eight.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have fewer than eight cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Combos with Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Lyla, Holographic Assistant Sage of Hours Skirge Familiar Infinite
- Near-infinite turns
- Lock
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-09-19
If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Spellbook (an artifact that says you have no maximum hand size) onto the battlefield and then put Doctor Octopus, Master Planner onto the battlefield, your maximum hand size will be eight. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, you would have no maximum hand size.
- 2025-09-19
The number of cards you ultimately draw may be affected by replacement effects. For example, if you have six cards in hand as Doctor Octopus's last ability resolves, and you also control Thought Reflection (an enchantment that says "If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead"), you'll end up drawing four cards.
- 2025-09-19
Your maximum hand size is checked only during the cleanup step of your turn. At any other time, you may have any number of cards in hand.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Doctor Octopus, Master Planner, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Doom, King of Latveria | 1 | 3 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
Doctor Octopus, Master Planner price history
The Marvel's Spider-Man #128 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $6.10 | $7.47 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $6.23 | $7.46 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $6.45 | $7.46 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $6.35 | $7.58 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $6.53 | $7.58 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $6.69 | $7.60 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $6.54 | $7.74 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $6.51 | $7.74 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $6.82 | $7.74 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $6.65 | $7.74 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $6.53 | $7.74 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $6.39 | $7.74 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.41 | $7.74 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $6.70 | $7.67 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $6.51 | $7.83 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $7.18 | $7.87 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $6.10
- Foil
- $7.47
Promo
Marvel's Spider-Man Promos
- Foil
- $10.63
Showcase
- Normal
- $7.72
- Foil
- $8.96
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Doctor Octopus, Master Planner. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
