Art by Chris Cold

The Watcher in the Water

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.

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Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

19%

Instant

22%

Sorcery

Artifact

13%

Enchantment

Planeswalker

Land

35%

Average Mana Curve

15%

30%

21%

14%

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Most Played With The Watcher in the Water (176)

Sol Ring

88% of decks · $1.38

Thought Vessel

80% of decks

Arcane Signet

73% of decks · $0.49

Wavebreak Hippocamp

64% of decks · $0.77

Counterspell

64% of decks · $4.28

Arcane Denial

63% of decks · $2.03

Pull from Tomorrow

63% of decks · $0.33

Psychosis Crawler

62% of decks · $2.43

Consider

61% of decks · $0.34

Tolarian Winds

61% of decks · $1.01

High Tide

58% of decks · $1.66

Ashnod's Altar

58% of decks · $16.88

Mind Stone

56% of decks

Archmage Emeritus

55% of decks · $0.57

Nezahal, Primal Tide

53% of decks · $9.16

Faerie Mastermind

53% of decks · $11.66

Midnight Clock

52% of decks · $0.57

Flow of Knowledge

51% of decks · $0.28

Rhystic Study

51% of decks · $69.59

Mystic Remora

50% of decks · $15.08

Skullclamp

49% of decks · $5.21

Scourge of Fleets

49% of decks · $2.21

Laboratory Maniac

49% of decks · $2.25

Thirst for Discovery

47% of decks · $0.26

Hullbreaker Horror

45% of decks · $6.03

Blue Sun's Zenith

44% of decks · $3.37

Meeting of Minds

43% of decks · $0.27

Perilous Research

43% of decks · $0.84

Harmonized Crescendo

42% of decks · $1.39

Consecrated Sphinx

42% of decks · $32.80

Wizard Class

41% of decks · $3.12

Pongify

41% of decks · $3.12

Wonder

40% of decks · $3.79

Keep Watch

40% of decks · $2.85

Ledger Shredder

39% of decks · $9.99

Whelming Wave

39% of decks · $1.44

Teferi, Master of Time

38% of decks · $9.53

Decanter of Endless Water

38% of decks · $5.27

Borne Upon a Wind

37% of decks · $3.70

The Unagi of Kyoshi Island

37% of decks · $1.18

Sky Diamond

36% of decks · $0.25

Idol of Oblivion

35% of decks · $3.29

Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards

34% of decks · $0.28

Negate

34% of decks · $0.24

Harmonized Trio

33% of decks

Reality Shift

32% of decks · $0.35

Aetherize

32% of decks · $0.49

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

31% of decks · $4.76

Quick Study

31% of decks · $0.27

An Offer You Can't Refuse

31% of decks · $3.16

Wayfarer's Bauble

30% of decks · $5.61

Rapid Hybridization

30% of decks · $0.78

Cryptic Command

30% of decks · $7.78

Merfolk Looter

29% of decks · $0.39

Archmage's Charm

29% of decks · $2.14

Archmage of Runes

29% of decks · $3.67

Triskaidekaphile

28% of decks · $0.85

Abjure

28% of decks · $1.67

Deduce

27% of decks · $0.22

Three Steps Ahead

26% of decks · $5.94

Kindred Discovery

26% of decks · $4.87

Bender's Waterskin

25% of decks · $0.89

Swiftfoot Boots

25% of decks

Cyclonic Rift

24% of decks · $39.16

Phyrexian Altar

24% of decks · $54.36

Throne of Eldraine

24% of decks · $29.42

Refute

24% of decks

Homunculus Horde

24% of decks · $1.11

Fellwar Stone

23% of decks

Verity Circle

23% of decks · $1.10

Arcanis the Omnipotent

23% of decks · $0.28

Propaganda

22% of decks · $2.22

Body of Knowledge

21% of decks · $0.27

Zenith Chronicler

21% of decks · $0.66

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

21% of decks · $11.04

Jace's Archivist

21% of decks · $7.85

Keep Safe

20% of decks · $0.22

Mana Drain

20% of decks · $56.89

Lost in the Maze

20% of decks · $0.20

Commander's Sphere

20% of decks · $0.34

Kitsa, Otterball Elite

19% of decks · $5.39

Windfall

19% of decks · $6.02

The One Ring

18% of decks · $116.27

Fear of Sleep Paralysis

18% of decks · $0.38

Spawning Kraken

18% of decks · $14.23

Swan Song

17% of decks · $10.60

Opposition

17% of decks · $1.11

Thought Courier

17% of decks · $0.30

Sink into Stupor

17% of decks

Solemn Simulacrum

17% of decks · $0.34

Toothy, Imaginary Friend

17% of decks · $11.40

Ever-Watching Threshold

17% of decks · $0.52

Read the Runes

17% of decks · $0.82

Caged Sun

16% of decks · $3.87

Leyline of Anticipation

16% of decks · $5.55

Spectral Deluge

16% of decks · $4.43

Alhammarret's Archive

16% of decks · $10.52

Sea Gate Restoration

15% of decks

Talrand, Sky Summoner

15% of decks · $1.82

Resculpt

15% of decks · $0.33

Artistic Refusal

15% of decks · $0.15

Everflowing Chalice

15% of decks · $0.30

Fierce Guardianship

15% of decks · $63.65

Lightning Greaves

15% of decks · $4.00

Baral, Chief of Compliance

15% of decks · $4.76

Heraldic Banner

15% of decks · $0.33

Ponder

14% of decks · $3.58

Oneirophage

14% of decks · $0.35

Rimefire Torque

14% of decks · $0.37

Imprisoned in the Moon

14% of decks · $0.31

Mystic Confluence

14% of decks · $1.03

Wan Shi Tong, Librarian

13% of decks · $33.52

Stormsurge Kraken

13% of decks · $0.57

Bident of Thassa

13% of decks · $0.45

Dream Fracture

13% of decks · $0.17

Twenty-Toed Toad

13% of decks · $7.13

Hithlain Knots

13% of decks · $3.73

Waterbending Scroll

13% of decks · $0.23

Unexpected Assistance

13% of decks · $0.26

Krang, the All-Powerful

12% of decks · $0.38

Emrakul's Messenger

12% of decks · $0.33

Force of Will

12% of decks · $59.96

Grappling Kraken

12% of decks · $0.27

Hydroelectric Specimen

12% of decks

O'aka, Traveling Merchant

11% of decks · $0.33

Banner of Kinship

11% of decks · $7.39

Filter Out

11% of decks · $0.30

Tromokratis

11% of decks · $0.20

Summon: Leviathan

11% of decks · $1.36

Change of Plans

11% of decks · $13.68

Thassa's Oracle

11% of decks · $22.32

Reservoir Kraken

10% of decks · $0.33

Think Twice

10% of decks · $0.27

Serpent of Yawning Depths

10% of decks · $10.17

Peek

10% of decks · $0.43

Extraplanar Lens

10% of decks · $14.06

Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim

10% of decks · $4.92

Mystical Tutor

10% of decks · $19.16

Deep-Sea Kraken

9% of decks · $1.59

Stubborn Denial

9% of decks · $4.72

Curse of Verbosity

9% of decks · $0.85

Curse of the Swine

9% of decks · $0.30

Snap

9% of decks · $3.97

Ioreth of the Healing House

8% of decks · $0.34

Psychic Possession

8% of decks · $14.51

Breaching Leviathan

8% of decks · $7.15

Jacob Hauken, Inspector

8% of decks

Geyser Drake

8% of decks · $0.14

Thought Scour

8% of decks · $0.61

Force of Negation

8% of decks · $50.63

Preordain

8% of decks · $0.87

Mind's Eye

8% of decks · $5.61

Ravenform

8% of decks · $0.35

Patchwork Banner

8% of decks · $2.79

Insight Engine

8% of decks · $0.99

Moonlit Meditation

8% of decks · $0.47

Unstoppable Plan

7% of decks · $2.38

Wash Out

7% of decks · $0.39

Irenicus's Vile Duplication

7% of decks · $9.66

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

7% of decks · $20.11

Thran Dynamo

7% of decks · $4.43

Shark Typhoon

7% of decks · $0.30

Fabricate

7% of decks · $10.36

Coat of Arms

6% of decks · $19.25

Eaten by Piranhas

6% of decks · $0.37

Lórien Revealed

6% of decks · $5.68

Psychic Corrosion

6% of decks · $4.70

Venser's Journal

6% of decks · $8.96

Kiora Bests the Sea God

6% of decks · $8.94

Intruder Alarm

6% of decks · $5.75

Hedron Archive

6% of decks · $0.25

Thought Reflection

5% of decks · $1.19

Spirit Water Revival

5% of decks · $0.58

Blasting Station

5% of decks · $12.26

Amphibian Downpour

5% of decks · $1.86

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.25

New Cards

The Theorist, Jace Beleren

14% of decks · $40.54

Uncover the Moon-Letters

9% of decks · $0.29

Geist of Saint Thalia

8% of decks · $0.74

Glamdring, Foe-hammer

7% of decks

Confusticate and Bebother

7% of decks · $0.15

Creatures (50)

Wavebreak Hippocamp

64% of decks · $0.77

Psychosis Crawler

62% of decks · $2.43

Archmage Emeritus

55% of decks · $0.57

Nezahal, Primal Tide

53% of decks · $9.16

Faerie Mastermind

53% of decks · $11.66

Scourge of Fleets

49% of decks · $2.21

Laboratory Maniac

49% of decks · $2.25

Hullbreaker Horror

45% of decks · $6.03

Consecrated Sphinx

42% of decks · $32.80

Wonder

40% of decks · $3.79

Ledger Shredder

39% of decks · $9.99

The Unagi of Kyoshi Island

37% of decks · $1.18

Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards

34% of decks · $0.28

Harmonized Trio

33% of decks

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

31% of decks · $4.76

Merfolk Looter

29% of decks · $0.39

Archmage of Runes

29% of decks · $3.67

Triskaidekaphile

28% of decks · $0.85

Homunculus Horde

24% of decks · $1.11

Arcanis the Omnipotent

23% of decks · $0.28

Body of Knowledge

21% of decks · $0.27

Zenith Chronicler

21% of decks · $0.66

Jace's Archivist

21% of decks · $7.85

Kitsa, Otterball Elite

19% of decks · $5.39

Fear of Sleep Paralysis

18% of decks · $0.38

Spawning Kraken

18% of decks · $14.23

Thought Courier

17% of decks · $0.30

Solemn Simulacrum

17% of decks · $0.34

Toothy, Imaginary Friend

17% of decks · $11.40

Talrand, Sky Summoner

15% of decks · $1.82

Baral, Chief of Compliance

15% of decks · $4.76

Oneirophage

14% of decks · $0.35

Wan Shi Tong, Librarian

13% of decks · $33.52

Stormsurge Kraken

13% of decks · $0.57

Twenty-Toed Toad

13% of decks · $7.13

Krang, the All-Powerful

12% of decks · $0.38

Emrakul's Messenger

12% of decks · $0.33

Grappling Kraken

12% of decks · $0.27

Hydroelectric Specimen

12% of decks

O'aka, Traveling Merchant

11% of decks · $0.33

Tromokratis

11% of decks · $0.20

Summon: Leviathan

11% of decks · $1.36

Thassa's Oracle

11% of decks · $22.32

Reservoir Kraken

10% of decks · $0.33

Serpent of Yawning Depths

10% of decks · $10.17

Deep-Sea Kraken

9% of decks · $1.59

Ioreth of the Healing House

8% of decks · $0.34

Breaching Leviathan

8% of decks · $7.15

Jacob Hauken, Inspector

8% of decks

Geyser Drake

8% of decks · $0.14

Instants (50)

Counterspell

64% of decks · $4.28

Arcane Denial

63% of decks · $2.03

Pull from Tomorrow

63% of decks · $0.33

Consider

61% of decks · $0.34

Tolarian Winds

61% of decks · $1.01

High Tide

58% of decks · $1.66

Flow of Knowledge

51% of decks · $0.28

Thirst for Discovery

47% of decks · $0.26

Blue Sun's Zenith

44% of decks · $3.37

Meeting of Minds

43% of decks · $0.27

Perilous Research

43% of decks · $0.84

Harmonized Crescendo

42% of decks · $1.39

Pongify

41% of decks · $3.12

Keep Watch

40% of decks · $2.85

Borne Upon a Wind

37% of decks · $3.70

Negate

34% of decks · $0.24

Reality Shift

32% of decks · $0.35

Aetherize

32% of decks · $0.49

Quick Study

31% of decks · $0.27

An Offer You Can't Refuse

31% of decks · $3.16

Rapid Hybridization

30% of decks · $0.78

Cryptic Command

30% of decks · $7.78

Archmage's Charm

29% of decks · $2.14

Abjure

28% of decks · $1.67

Deduce

27% of decks · $0.22

Three Steps Ahead

26% of decks · $5.94

Cyclonic Rift

24% of decks · $39.16

Refute

24% of decks

Keep Safe

20% of decks · $0.22

Mana Drain

20% of decks · $56.89

Swan Song

17% of decks · $10.60

Sink into Stupor

17% of decks

Read the Runes

17% of decks · $0.82

Resculpt

15% of decks · $0.33

Artistic Refusal

15% of decks · $0.15

Fierce Guardianship

15% of decks · $63.65

Mystic Confluence

14% of decks · $1.03

Dream Fracture

13% of decks · $0.17

Hithlain Knots

13% of decks · $3.73

Unexpected Assistance

13% of decks · $0.26

Force of Will

12% of decks · $59.96

Filter Out

11% of decks · $0.30

Change of Plans

11% of decks · $13.68

Think Twice

10% of decks · $0.27

Peek

10% of decks · $0.43

Mystical Tutor

10% of decks · $19.16

Stubborn Denial

9% of decks · $4.72

Snap

9% of decks · $3.97

Thought Scour

8% of decks · $0.61

Force of Negation

8% of decks · $50.63

Sorceries (13)

Whelming Wave

39% of decks · $1.44

Windfall

19% of decks · $6.02

Spectral Deluge

16% of decks · $4.43

Sea Gate Restoration

15% of decks

Ponder

14% of decks · $3.58

Curse of the Swine

9% of decks · $0.30

Preordain

8% of decks · $0.87

Ravenform

8% of decks · $0.35

Wash Out

7% of decks · $0.39

Irenicus's Vile Duplication

7% of decks · $9.66

Fabricate

7% of decks · $10.36

Lórien Revealed

6% of decks · $5.68

Spirit Water Revival

5% of decks · $0.58

Utility Artifacts (19)

Ashnod's Altar

58% of decks · $16.88

Skullclamp

49% of decks · $5.21

Idol of Oblivion

35% of decks · $3.29

Wayfarer's Bauble

30% of decks · $5.61

Swiftfoot Boots

25% of decks

Phyrexian Altar

24% of decks · $54.36

The One Ring

18% of decks · $116.27

Alhammarret's Archive

16% of decks · $10.52

Lightning Greaves

15% of decks · $4.00

Rimefire Torque

14% of decks · $0.37

Bident of Thassa

13% of decks · $0.45

Waterbending Scroll

13% of decks · $0.23

Banner of Kinship

11% of decks · $7.39

Mind's Eye

8% of decks · $5.61

Insight Engine

8% of decks · $0.99

Coat of Arms

6% of decks · $19.25

Venser's Journal

6% of decks · $8.96

Blasting Station

5% of decks · $12.26

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.25

Mana Artifacts (19)

Sol Ring

88% of decks · $1.38

Thought Vessel

80% of decks

Arcane Signet

73% of decks · $0.49

Mind Stone

56% of decks

Midnight Clock

52% of decks · $0.57

Decanter of Endless Water

38% of decks · $5.27

Sky Diamond

36% of decks · $0.25

Bender's Waterskin

25% of decks · $0.89

Throne of Eldraine

24% of decks · $29.42

Fellwar Stone

23% of decks

Commander's Sphere

20% of decks · $0.34

Caged Sun

16% of decks · $3.87

Everflowing Chalice

15% of decks · $0.30

Heraldic Banner

15% of decks · $0.33

Extraplanar Lens

10% of decks · $14.06

Patchwork Banner

8% of decks · $2.79

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

7% of decks · $20.11

Thran Dynamo

7% of decks · $4.43

Hedron Archive

6% of decks · $0.25

Enchantments (22)

Rhystic Study

51% of decks · $69.59

Mystic Remora

50% of decks · $15.08

Wizard Class

41% of decks · $3.12

Kindred Discovery

26% of decks · $4.87

Verity Circle

23% of decks · $1.10

Propaganda

22% of decks · $2.22

Lost in the Maze

20% of decks · $0.20

Opposition

17% of decks · $1.11

Ever-Watching Threshold

17% of decks · $0.52

Leyline of Anticipation

16% of decks · $5.55

Imprisoned in the Moon

14% of decks · $0.31

Curse of Verbosity

9% of decks · $0.85

Psychic Possession

8% of decks · $14.51

Moonlit Meditation

8% of decks · $0.47

Unstoppable Plan

7% of decks · $2.38

Shark Typhoon

7% of decks · $0.30

Eaten by Piranhas

6% of decks · $0.37

Psychic Corrosion

6% of decks · $4.70

Kiora Bests the Sea God

6% of decks · $8.94

Intruder Alarm

6% of decks · $5.75

Thought Reflection

5% of decks · $1.19

Amphibian Downpour

5% of decks · $1.86

Planeswalkers (3)

Teferi, Master of Time

38% of decks · $9.53

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

21% of decks · $11.04

Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim

10% of decks · $4.92

Utility Lands (27)

Reliquary Tower

83% of decks

Mystic Sanctuary

56% of decks

Lonely Sandbar

43% of decks

War Room

37% of decks

Nesting Grounds

34% of decks

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

29% of decks

Three Tree City

27% of decks

High Market

20% of decks

Otawara, Soaring City

18% of decks

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

18% of decks

Agna Qel'a

17% of decks

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

16% of decks

Fountainport

15% of decks

Sunken Palace

15% of decks

Rogue's Passage

15% of decks

Geier Reach Sanitarium

14% of decks

Rivendell

14% of decks

Remote Isle

13% of decks

Castle Vantress

11% of decks

Cephalid Coliseum

11% of decks

Terrain Generator

11% of decks

Bonders' Enclave

10% of decks

Temple of the False God

10% of decks

Desert of the Mindful

9% of decks

Mistrise Village

7% of decks

Karn's Bastion

6% of decks

Academy Ruins

6% of decks

Lands (7)

Island

93% of decks

Myriad Landscape

42% of decks

Sink into Stupor

17% of decks

Sea Gate Restoration

15% of decks

Hydroelectric Specimen

12% of decks

Snow-Covered Island

8% of decks

Demolition Field

6% of decks

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12 Creatures, 35 Lands, 30 Instants, 1 Sorceries, 12 Artifacts, 6 Enchantments, 2 Planeswalkers

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16 Creatures, 37 Lands, 20 Instants, 1 Sorceries, 14 Artifacts, 7 Enchantments, 3 Planeswalkers

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20 Creatures, 35 Lands, 25 Instants, 2 Sorceries, 12 Artifacts, 4 Enchantments, 1 Planeswalkers

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18 Creatures, 34 Lands, 22 Instants, 5 Sorceries, 13 Artifacts, 4 Enchantments, 2 Planeswalkers

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2026-10-07

View decklist ↗$392.00

17 Creatures, 32 Lands, 25 Instants, 3 Sorceries, 14 Artifacts, 4 Enchantments, 4 Planeswalkers

2026-10-07

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