The Watcher in the Water
Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #75s · 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 June 23, 2023
Prices
- Foil: $6.45 USD · €6.42 EUR
Printings
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #526 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $12.63 USD
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #734 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $65.42 USD
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #734z (LTR) · Mythic · 2023
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #765 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $5.13 USD foil
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #354 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $3.78 USD
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #75 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $2.61 USD
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #75s (this printing) · Mythic · 2023 · $6.45 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 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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