---
name: "Watcher of the Wayside"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "249"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "b30eafed-2755-4423-9592-c8b83c68804b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watcher-of-the-wayside-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Watcher of the Wayside
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target player mills two cards. You gain 2 life. (To mill two cards, a player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

> *このゴーレムは、龍王やカン、そしてウギン自身に立ち向かって生き延びた。本来の目的は忘れさり、それは今、決して来ることのない命令を、自分を置いて去って行った世界からの命令を待ち続けている。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Doom's Servo-Guards](/printing/dooms-servo-guards-msc.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Villain
2. [Relic Golem](/printing/relic-golem-znr.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
3. [Flint Golem](/printing/flint-golem-nem.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
4. [Wailing Ghoul](/printing/wailing-ghoul-jmp.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Millstone](/printing/millstone-atq.md) — Artifact
6. [Blanchwood Prowler](/printing/blanchwood-prowler-bro.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #249
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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