The Watcher in the Water

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #354 · mythic · EN

$3.28

cheapest of 10 store offers · see all

market $3.93

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

Type: Legendary Creature — Kraken

Commonly played as: Tokens

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.

Artist: Chris Cold

Released: 2023-06-23

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $3.93
  • Cardmarket: €5.17
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$4.06$3.31
234 days of daily prices for The Watcher in the Water: $3.68 to $3.93
2026-01-252026-11-12
234 days tracked · $3.68 → $3.93 (+7%) · low $3.31 · high $4.06
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #354) in 7 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$3.28today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$3.61today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$4.20today
401 GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$6.00today
TopDeck HeroSP · todaySPregularCA$6.29today
GameKeeperNM · yesterdayNMregularCA$6.99yesterday

Truncated: 4 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 10 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 11 lists
  • 11 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of The Watcher in the Water

USD · low $0.27 · high $2243.23

Set#RarityUSD
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#734z · mythic734zmythic$2243.23 foil
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#526 · mythic526mythic$12.67
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#765 · mythic765mythic$5.11 foil
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#734 · mythic734mythic$72.22
Tales of Middle-earth Art Series#7 · common7common$0.27
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#354 · mythic354mythic$3.93
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#75 · mythic75mythic$2.21
Tales of Middle-earth Promos#75s · mythic75smythic$7.13 foil