Watcher in the Web
Shadows over Innistrad 239 • common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 239
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Vincent Proce
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
This creature can block an additional seven creatures each combat.
"Lost in the woods" is an optimistic way to describe a villager's disappearance. "Found in the woods" is frequently more appropriate.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Watcher in the Web was released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad set for Magic: The Gathering. Set in the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the set's central themes of madness, transformation, and the encroaching influence of the Eldrazi cosmic entities. It was designed to provide a defensive creature that could stabilize the board against aggressive flying threats, playing into the set's mechanical focus on spiders and reach as a form of natural pest control within the world's ecosystem.
The artwork was illustrated by Kev Walker, a long-standing veteran artist for the game. Walker’s aesthetic often leans into darker, gritty fantasy, which suited the unsettling atmosphere of the Innistrad block. The piece depicts a massive arachnid amidst a dense, tangled web, emphasizing the creature's role as a silent, ever-present guardian of the forest. Upon release, the card was well-regarded by limited format players as a reliable common-rarity utility creature capable of stalling games in the precarious environment of the set.
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