MTG · Concept

◇ Concept · 8 printings

The Watcher in the Water

Legendary Creature — Kraken

printings

#5648

EDHREC rank

#16032

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

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wishlisted

Value

$2018.6090d high · 8 printings

Volatility · high

90-dayhigh $2019low $0.02range 10092900.0%n 673

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Kraken

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.

9/9

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 8 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $2018.60 across 673 observations. Headline volatility across the concept reads high.

Rarix catalogs 8 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Kraken. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #5,648 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Chris Cold. Browse the full artist gallery to see other illustrations in the catalog.