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Magic · Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #734 · Mythic

The Watcher in the Water (Borderless Poster)

Magic card price for The Watcher in the Water (Borderless Poster): $152.91 market, from $124.26 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$152.91
+2.4% this week · +2.4% in 30 days
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1 day+1.0%
7 days+2.4%
30 days+2.4%
90 days+21.2%
1 year+222.7%
All time+1,665.7%

Sellers right now

$124.26lowest listing$616.57highest
Market price$152.91
Mid listing$150.64
30-day avg$149.65

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$152.91
Cardmarket$155.58 €138.60

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$43.6752-week low$152.9152-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$7.39
All-time high$152.91
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$37.15$79.38$121.60$163.83
$152.91
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked The Watcher in the Water (Borderless Poster) (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $8.66. Today the market price is $152.91, up 1,666%. Across the past year it went +223%, with a low of $43.67 and a high of $152.91; today it sits near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $124.26; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $149.65.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$152.91$124.26$616.57+2.4%
Normal$67.52$68.92$578.780.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness9 / 9
Type line
Legendary Creature — Kraken
Rules text

The Watcher in the Water enters the battlefield tapped with nine stun counters on it.

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.

Other printings of The Watcher in the Water

6 more · $3.71 – $152.91
All printings
The Watcher in the Water (Showcase Scrolls) (526), Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +0.8% 7d The Watcher in the Water (Showcase Scrolls) Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #526 $16.89 The Watcher in the Water (75), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d The Watcher in the Water Prerelease Cards · #75 $6.45 The Watcher in the Water (Extended Art) (Surge Foil) (765), Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +2.3% 7d The Watcher in the Water (Extended Art) (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #765 $5.25 The Watcher in the Water (Extended Art) (354), Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +3.4% 7d The Watcher in the Water (Extended Art) Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #354 $3.91 The Watcher in the Water (75), Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +2.2% 7d The Watcher in the Water Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #75 $3.71

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