The Watcher in the Water
Legendary Creature — Kraken
PLTRTales of Middle-earth Promos#75smythic
- Promo
- Prerelease
- Finishes
- Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- triangle
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 140
- Illustrator
- Chris Cold
- Found in
- The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Prerelease Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
9/9Plays as:
Card DrawDraw PayoffLtb TriggerCreature Token Maker
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1 · latest Jun 16, 2023
- WotCJun 16, 2023
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.