---
name: "The Watcher in the Water"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Kraken"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLTR"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Promos"
collector_number: "75s"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chris Cold"
oracle_id: "a9ddb3dc-f289-46a1-af17-3a8523a26b0d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-watcher-in-the-water-pltr"
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

## 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-mkc.md) — Creature — Kraken
2. [Tolarian Kraken](/printing/tolarian-kraken-m21.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. [Shipwreck Patrol](/printing/shipwreck-patrol-msc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior
6. [Grappling Kraken](/printing/grappling-kraken-fdn.md) — Creature — Kraken

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #75s
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chris Cold
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-06-16)* 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.