---
name: "Watcher of Hours"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil", "Suspend", "Ward"]
set: "MKC"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor Commander"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Romanovsky"
oracle_id: "b2354092-7a4c-4e69-9c0a-0a2e146dc00c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watcher-of-hours-mkc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Watcher of Hours
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil, Suspend, Ward

## Oracle Text
Flying, ward {3}
Whenever you remove a time counter from this card while it's exiled, surveil 1.
Suspend 6—{1}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U} and exile it with six time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Citywatch Sphinx](/printing/citywatch-sphinx-grn.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Errant Ephemeron](/printing/errant-ephemeron-tsr.md) — Creature — Illusion
3. [Atraxi Warden](/printing/atraxi-warden-who.md) — Creature — Alien Eye
4. [Star Whale](/printing/star-whale-who.md) — Creature — Alien Whale
5. [Marauding Sphinx](/printing/marauding-sphinx-otj.md) — Creature — Sphinx Rogue
6. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #25
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Romanovsky
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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