Octopuses are fascinating things to read about, I find. They have the ability to use very simple tools and think ahead - the Cephalids of the magic universe translate this facilities into political machination, that most dull of pursuits. They can grow to giant sizes, something not copied by Cephalids - 3/3 is the extent of their floppy frames. Now, there are all manner of spells capable of dispatching a 3/3 creature and most of them cost a great deal less than six mana, but happily, Aboshan suits heavy blue decks, the colour of Confound and Misdirection... and if you can protect him well, the Cephalid General can take a balanced game and throw it in your favour with close to unreasonable power. With him and a modest army, you can disable the majority of your opponent's land and Disrupt or Mana Leak anything they can still afford. Aboshan can both anull your opponent's defence and deliver the killing blow himself. During Odyssey block, his court was mostly made up of other lazy cephalopods who already wanted to tap, but new retainers Mothdust and Ameboid Changeling are both prompt and useless enough on their own to be happy to have something to do... Can be acquired for less than twenty pence a copy.
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