The Watcher in the Water

Legendary Creature — Kraken

The Watcher in the Water enters the battlefield tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove on 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.

Tokens

• Tentacle 1/1 U

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (1)

legendofa on Hot Wheels

8 months ago

The most and best wheel cards are in {U} and {R}, so you need at least one of those colors, and preferably both. Xyris, the Writhing Storm and

Breaking it down, wheeling has four key parts: you discard, you draw, opponents discard, and opponents draw. This is a very simple, slightly curated list of commander options that care about at least one of these.

"Whenever you draw"

• Niv-Mizzet, Parun

• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

• Queza, Augur of Agonies

• Shabraz, the Skyshark  ^Flip (partners with Brallin, Skyshark Rider  ^Flip)

• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

• The Locust God

• The Watcher in the Water

• Toothy, Imaginary Friend

"Whenever you discard"

• Brallin, Skyshark Rider  ^Flip (partners with Shabraz, the Skyshark  ^Flip)

• Inti, Seneschal of the Sun

• Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

• Rielle, the Everwise

• Toluz, Clever Conductor

"Whenever an opponent draws"

• Leela, Sevateem Warrior (Doctor's companion)

• Nekusar, the Mindrazer

• Xyris, the Writhing Storm

• Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

"Whenever an opponent discards"

• Nath of the Gilt-Leaf

• Tourach, Dread Cantor

Some side options are reanimator, since you're going to be filling graveyards fast, and spellslinger, since most of the straightforward options are instants and sorceries.