The Watcher in the Water

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: 2023-11-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

• TCGplayer: $12.63
• TCGplayer foil: $16.70
• Cardmarket: €11.68
• MTGO tix: 0.03

Other languages

The same printing (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #526) in 7 other languages.

• Deutsch · Der Wächter im Wasser
• Español · El Guardián del Agua
• Français · Le Guetteur de l'Eau
• Italiano · L'Osservatore nell'Acqua
• 日本語 · 水中の監視者
• Português · O Vigia na Água
• 简体中文 · 水中的监视者

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.

Truncated: 2 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 7 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 5 lists
• 5 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

• import Fri Jul 17 21:33:41 EDT 2026 {B}{G}{R}{U}{W}1 copy · 190 cards · bracket 4

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