Card
The Watcher in the Water
Mana cost {3}{U}{U}
Legendary Creature — Kraken 9/9
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.
Part of 175 known combos, 5 of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · LTR · #75
- Cheapest printing
- €1.58
- EDHREC salt
- 0.26
- Color identity
- Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Kindred Discovery, Marneus Calgar, Sage of the Falls, Greater Good, Dire Undercurrents
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Kindred Discovery, Marneus Calgar, Sage of the Falls, Greater Good, Dire Undercurrents
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Kindred Discovery, Marneus Calgar, Sage of the Falls, Dire Undercurrents
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Kindred Discovery, Marneus Calgar, Sage of the Falls, Greater Good, Dire Undercurrents (early with Kindred Discovery, Marneus Calgar, Sage of the Falls, Dire Undercurrents)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
175 known combos, 5 of them two-card.
- The Watcher in the Water + Kindred Discovery
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature tokens
View on Commander Spellbook - The Watcher in the Water + Verity Circle + Junk Winder
Produces: Creatures opponents control do not untap, Tap all creatures opponents control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Unctus, Grand Metatect + The Watcher in the Water
Produces: Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast
For the last ability, the target Kraken can (and probably will) be The Watcher in the Water. If it is, and if it has at least one stun counter on it, you'll remove a stun counter from it instead of untapping it.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast