The Watcher in the Water

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #526 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Kraken

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

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.

Power/toughness 9/9 · Illustrated by Chris Cold · Released November 3, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.53 USD (4.4%) to $12.63 USD; low $12.10 USD, high $12.63 USD.

Printings

  1. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #526 (this printing) · Mythic · 2023 · $12.63 USD
  2. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #734 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $65.42 USD
  3. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #734z (LTR) · Mythic · 2023
  4. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #765 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $5.13 USD foil
  5. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #354 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $3.78 USD
  6. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #75 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $2.61 USD
  7. Tales of Middle-earth Promos #75s (PLTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $6.45 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2023-06-16 · wotc — 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.

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  2. Jon Irenicus, Shattered One · in 6% of 50 decks

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