---
name: "Watcher in the Mist"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil"]
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "e8c0fbea-a678-46b0-b385-e36f14c07672"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Watcher in the Mist
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cruel Witness](/printing/cruel-witness-vow.md) — Creature — Bird Horror
2. [Shore Lurker](/printing/shore-lurker-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
3. [Foul Watcher](/printing/foul-watcher-j21.md) — Creature — Nightmare Bird
4. [Farseeing Flockmate](/printing/farseeing-flockmate-unk.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Nightveil Sprite](/printing/nightveil-sprite-rvr.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
6. [Citywatch Sphinx](/printing/citywatch-sphinx-grn.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #59
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ryan Yee
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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