The Watcher in the Water

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #734 · mythic · EN

$62.99 · Foil $101.21

cheapest of 10 store offers · see all

market $72.22 · Foil $155.09

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: Pedro Correa

Released: 2023-11-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $72.22
  • TCGplayer foil: $155.09
  • Cardmarket: €113.45
  • Cardmarket foil: €132.22
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$155.09$40.08
234 days of daily prices for The Watcher in the Water: $40.88 to $72.22
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $40.88 → $72.22 (+77%) · low $40.08 · high $155.09
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 #734) 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$62.99today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$68.40today
Card KingdomNM · 3 days agoNMregular$79.993 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$101.21today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€113.45today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$134.00today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€132.22today
GameKeeperNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$209.99today

Truncated: 2 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 5 lists
  • 5 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