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Best Manabase for

Octavia, Living Thesis

Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

· Mono-Blue

· #669 (3,786 decks)

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard. Ward {8} Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

33 lands · total $5.69 budget: $100

Composition 27 Basics 6 Other Nonbasic

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$5.69 6

Basics

$1.35 27

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Octavia, Living Thesis decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Otawara, Soaring City

67% of expensive decks

$30.83

Misty Rainforest

33% of expensive decks

$36.89

Scalding Tarn

33% of expensive decks

$38.34

Flooded Strand

32% of expensive decks

$15.93

Polluted Delta

30% of expensive decks

$19.69

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

29% of expensive decks

$50.74

Inkmoth Nexus

27% of expensive decks

$11.47

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

19% of expensive decks

$57.86

Prismatic Vista

19% of expensive decks

$37.29

Urza's Saga

12% of expensive decks

$34.81

Strip Mine

7% of expensive decks

$19.80

Mistrise Village

7% of expensive decks

$7.93

About This Manabase

Octavia, Living Thesis is a Mono-Blue commander with a U color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier and ranks every pick by how often real EDHREC decks actually run it — so shocks and fetches show up where the budget allows, dropping to scry lands, gain lands, and tap-duals as the cap tightens.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier mirrors what budget-deck players actually run — mostly basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) shifts to the “default” EDHREC variant with shocks, fast lands, and a couple of fetches when the budget allows; Unlimited uses the expensive-variant data — originals, full fetch suites, and premium duals appear when in identity. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.