The Watcher in the Water

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

Legendary Creature — Kraken |

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The Watcher in the Water

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

Current Valuation

$67.52

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Rarity

mythic

Set Origin

LTR

Daily Shift

+3.21%

EDHREC Rank

#5,664

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Legendary Creature — Kraken

Color Identity Blue

Power / Toughness 9 / 9

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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.

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Official Judge Precedents

1 Precedents

2023-06-16

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.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2023-11-03

Set Name: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Artist Reference: Pedro Correa

Border Profile: borderless

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil

Promo Status poster • universesbeyond • boosterfun

Edition Status Reprint