First printed in Torment (2002)
Cephalid Aristocrat 
Creature — Octopus Noble
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, mill two cards.
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Combos
14 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Lightning Greaves
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Shuko
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Nomads en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Grafted Wargear
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Shaman en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Warrior en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Outrider en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill: Arm-Mounted Anchor + Cephalid Aristocrat
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Puresteel Paladin
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Aristocrat + Reconnaissance
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Not legal
- Timeless Not legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Not legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Not legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Not legal