---
name: "You Hear Something on Watch"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "55d94c09-b6aa-4af5-923a-b4efc2a245df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/you-hear-something-on-watch-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# You Hear Something on Watch
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Rouse the Party — Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Set Off Traps — This spell deals 5 damage to target attacking creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ambuscade](/printing/ambuscade-2x2.md) — Instant
2. [Rallying Roar](/printing/rallying-roar-xln.md) — Instant
3. [Alarum](/printing/alarum-mir.md) — Instant
4. [Keep Watch](/printing/keep-watch-jud.md) — Instant
5. [Courtly Provocateur](/printing/courtly-provocateur-m13.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Engineered Might](/printing/engineered-might-kld.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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