---
name: "Foul Watcher"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Delirium", "Surveil"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "194"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mila Pesic"
oracle_id: "b50dd71f-3664-41d2-be06-57729064a591"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/foul-watcher-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Foul Watcher
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Delirium, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Delirium — This creature gets +1/+0 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watcher in the Mist](/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Cruel Witness](/printing/cruel-witness-vow.md) — Creature — Bird Horror
3. [Owlin Historian](/printing/owlin-historian-sos.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
4. [Dragon's Rage Channeler](/printing/dragons-rage-channeler-sld.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Farseeing Flockmate](/printing/farseeing-flockmate-unk.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
6. [Nightveil Sprite](/printing/nightveil-sprite-rvr.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #194
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mila Pesic
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`