What affects the value of The Watcher in the Water?

Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of The Watcher in the Water depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth). Copies in better condition and scarcer finishes generally sell for more.

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The Watcher in the Water

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

TypeLegendary Creature — Kraken

Collector Number734z

Raritymythic

ArtistPedro Correa

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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€2,018.60Foil

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What affects the value of The Watcher in the Water?: Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of The Watcher in the Water depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth). Copies in better condition and scarcer finishes generally sell for more.

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