Magic: The Gathering · draft_innovation
The Watcher in the Water
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #75 · mythic · 2023
Legendary Creature — Kraken
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Market reference
$1.93
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 75 / 856
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- mythic
- Illustrator
- Chris Cold
- Colors
- U
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- triangle
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Promo types
- universesbeyond
- Printed
- 2023-06-23
About this card
Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}
Type: Legendary Creature — Kraken
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.
P/T: 9/9
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $1.93 |
| USD (foil) | $2.50 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €1.65 |
| EUR (foil) | €4.27 |
| MTGO tix | 0.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my The Watcher in the Water is real?
The Watcher in the Water is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is The Watcher in the Water worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for The Watcher in the Water is $1.93; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is The Watcher in the Water from?
The Watcher in the Water is from the Magic: The Gathering set "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth" in the draft_innovation series, released in 2023.
What rarity is The Watcher in the Water?
The Watcher in the Water is a mythic card in the The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set.
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