The Watcher in the Water
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #765
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Kraken
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 5.31 € · ★ 5.13 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 9
- Toughness
- 9
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
The Watcher in the Water enters tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token. Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chris Cold
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-06-23
Rulings
For the last ability, the target Kraken can (and probably will) be The Watcher in the Water. If it is, and if it has at least one stun counter on it, you'll remove a stun counter from it instead of untapping it.
