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Godhunter Octopus

Creature — Octopus5 generic manaBlue mana

A 5/5 for six mana is unremarkable on its own; the conditional attack clause is what makes this design coherent rather than just overcosted. The whole pitch is enchantment density: in a world where decks leaned on auras, gods, and enchantment creatures, a beater that can only swing into enchanted boards stays reliably aggressive, but it falls apart the instant the opponent presents a clean, untouched battlefield. That asymmetry is the point. It is a sideboard-style answer dressed as a maindeck body, a creature whose offense is gated entirely by what the other player chose to play. Because the restriction is a static ability, it checks the defending player's board continuously, evaluated when you declare the attack, so it can switch on and off turn to turn: an opponent who clears their own enchanted permanent shuts the Octopus out of combat, and one who deploys a fresh enchantment opens the lane back up. The condition reads the defending player's side only; gluing an Aura to your own creature does nothing to free it. It blocks unconditionally, which is the quiet floor that keeps the body from ever being fully dead. The result is a creature built strictly for one metagame texture, a design that functions only when the format around it cooperates, and a clean illustration of how an environment's themes can be baked into a card's rules rather than just its flavor.

Godhunter Octopus (jou)
JOU · #39common
Pricing
Normal: $0.05
Foil: $0.30
Oracle Text

Rules text

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an enchantment or an enchanted permanent.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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