The Watcher in the Water

Mana cost

{3}{U}{U}

Type

Legendary Creature — Kraken

Power / toughness

9 / 9

Set

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #354 (mythic)

Price

$3.95 USD

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.

The Watcher in the Water has 7 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #5,653 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sensational Spider-Man decks (1,559 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.

Legality

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