---
name: "The Watcher in the Water"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Kraken"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chris Cold"
oracle_id: "a9ddb3dc-f289-46a1-af17-3a8523a26b0d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-watcher-in-the-water-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Watcher in the Water
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Kraken
- **Power/Toughness:** 9/9

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nadir Kraken](/printing/nadir-kraken-hbg.md) — Creature — Kraken
2. [Tolarian Kraken](/printing/tolarian-kraken-plst.md) — Creature — Kraken
3. [Sharae of Numbing Depths](/printing/sharae-of-numbing-depths-woe.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Monstrosity of the Lake](/printing/monstrosity-of-the-lake-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Kraken
5. [Grappling Kraken](/printing/grappling-kraken-fdn.md) — Creature — Kraken
6. [Spawning Kraken](/printing/spawning-kraken-c21.md) — Creature — Kraken

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #75
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chris Cold
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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