The Watcher in the Water (Commander) - Budget
The Watcher in the Water
279 decks (0.004%)
Rank #659

Jul 2, 2025
How To Play Blue Differently in EDH
Blue is known for control in Magic, but that's far from the only thing it does. Let's look at ways you can play blue "off-color" in Commander.
Deck Filters
Summon: Leviathan
8% of 63 decks
+6% synergy
O'aka, Traveling Merchant
5% of 63 decks
+4% synergy
Eject
4% of 50 decks
+3% synergy
Combat Tutorial
4% of 51 decks
+3% synergy
Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus
4% of 55 decks
+3% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nadir Kraken
84% of 279 decks
+78% synergy
Junk Winder
63% of 279 decks
+61% synergy
Transcendent Message
59% of 279 decks
+56% synergy
Ominous Seas
66% of 279 decks
+55% synergy
Opt
79% of 279 decks
+54% synergy
Wavebreak Hippocamp
63% of 279 decks
+52% synergy
Meeting of Minds
56% of 279 decks
+52% synergy
Tolarian Winds
52% of 279 decks
+49% synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
58% of 279 decks
+49% synergy
Flow of Knowledge
64% of 279 decks
+47% synergy
Top Cards
Frantic Search
70% of 279 decks
+41% synergy
Brainstorm
61% of 279 decks
+20% synergy
Psychosis Crawler
58% of 279 decks
+44% synergy
Chasm Skulker
58% of 279 decks
+46% synergy
High Tide
54% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Consider
54% of 279 decks
+40% synergy
Brainsurge
51% of 218 decks
+43% synergy
Quick Study
51% of 272 decks
+44% synergy
Whelming Wave
51% of 279 decks
+46% synergy
Negate
49% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Creatures
Scourge of Fleets
46% of 279 decks
+33% synergy
Drowned Rusalka
44% of 279 decks
+42% synergy
Monstrosity of the Lake
43% of 279 decks
+42% synergy
Tolarian Kraken
43% of 279 decks
+42% synergy
Merfolk Looter
42% of 279 decks
+39% synergy
Talrand, Sky Summoner
37% of 279 decks
+23% synergy
Arcanis the Omnipotent
35% of 279 decks
+27% synergy
Homunculus Horde
34% of 170 decks
+27% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
32% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Wonder
32% of 279 decks
+27% synergy
Body of Knowledge
31% of 279 decks
+24% synergy
Triskaidekaphile
30% of 279 decks
+19% synergy
Fear of Sleep Paralysis
30% of 183 decks
+28% synergy
Oneirophage
29% of 279 decks
+25% synergy
Archmage of Runes
27% of 172 decks
+16% synergy
Grappling Kraken
26% of 170 decks
+25% synergy
Octavia, Living Thesis
24% of 279 decks
+21% synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
23% of 279 decks
-1% synergy
Geyser Drake
23% of 233 decks
+21% synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
23% of 279 decks
+20% synergy
Archmage Emeritus
22% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
22% of 218 decks
+17% synergy
Stormsurge Kraken
20% of 279 decks
+19% synergy
Tromokratis
20% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Thought Courier
19% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Reservoir Kraken
19% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Zenith Chronicler
18% of 279 decks
+17% synergy
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
17% of 201 decks
+8% synergy
Laboratory Maniac
16% of 279 decks
-1% synergy
Clinquant Skymage
15% of 169 decks
+12% synergy
Baral, Chief of Compliance
15% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Burnished Hart
11% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Mischievous Mystic
11% of 170 decks
+5% synergy
Shipbreaker Kraken
11% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Flux Channeler
10% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Spectral Sailor
10% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Nezahal, Primal Tide
10% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Deep-Sea Kraken
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Floodpits Drowner
9% of 184 decks
+8% synergy
Academy Wall
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Twenty-Toed Toad
8% of 201 decks
+3% synergy
Kraken of the Straits
8% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Murmuring Mystic
8% of 279 decks
-3% synergy
Ghostly Pilferer
8% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
8% of 134 decks
+6% synergy
Captain of Umbar
8% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
8% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
8% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Mocking Sprite
7% of 272 decks
+4% synergy
Instants
Keep Watch
48% of 279 decks
+45% synergy
Thirst for Discovery
46% of 279 decks
+39% synergy
Refute
45% of 172 decks
+39% synergy
Hithlain Knots
45% of 279 decks
+44% synergy
Perilous Research
45% of 279 decks
+42% synergy
Keep Safe
44% of 279 decks
+42% synergy
Counterspell
44% of 279 decks
-24% synergy
Deduce
44% of 255 decks
+42% synergy
Artistic Refusal
39% of 279 decks
+37% synergy
Dream Fracture
38% of 279 decks
+35% synergy
Abjure
38% of 279 decks
+33% synergy
Aetherize
32% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Read the Runes
31% of 279 decks
+29% synergy
Arcane Denial
29% of 279 decks
-6% synergy
Ice Out
25% of 273 decks
+24% synergy
Resculpt
25% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Borne Upon a Wind
23% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Mystic Confluence
22% of 279 decks
+12% synergy
Deliberate
21% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Reality Shift
20% of 279 decks
-9% synergy
Behold the Multiverse
20% of 279 decks
+16% synergy
Archmage's Charm
20% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Think Twice
20% of 279 decks
+16% synergy
Even the Score
19% of 279 decks
+18% synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
19% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Thought Scour
18% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Exclude
16% of 279 decks
+14% synergy
Stroke of Genius
16% of 279 decks
+13% synergy
Curate
14% of 279 decks
+11% synergy
Peek
14% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
You Find the Villains' Lair
12% of 279 decks
+9% synergy
Repulse
12% of 279 decks
+11% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
11% of 279 decks
-23% synergy
Chemister's Insight
11% of 279 decks
+9% synergy
Shore Up
11% of 279 decks
+6% synergy
Obsessive Search
10% of 279 decks
+9% synergy
Engulf the Shore
10% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Into the Roil
10% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Council's Deliberation
10% of 279 decks
+9% synergy
Pongify
9% of 279 decks
-31% synergy
Commander's Insight
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Remand
9% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Radical Idea
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Bane's Contingency
9% of 279 decks
+6% synergy
Refocus
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Thirst for Knowledge
9% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Dismiss
8% of 279 decks
+6% synergy
Hieroglyphic Illumination
8% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Disrupt
8% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Cancel
8% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Sorceries
Ravenform
24% of 279 decks
+12% synergy
Curse of the Swine
16% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Spectral Deluge
15% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Candlekeep Inspiration
14% of 279 decks
+12% synergy
Wash Out
11% of 279 decks
+6% synergy
Silver Scrutiny
10% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Commit // Memory
6% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Finale of Revelation
6% of 279 decks
-0% synergy
Sleep
6% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Preordain
6% of 279 decks
-19% synergy
Ponder
5% of 279 decks
-25% synergy
Clear the Mind
5% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Cone of Cold
5% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Deep Analysis
5% of 279 decks
-1% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
45% of 279 decks
+26% synergy
Idol of Oblivion
33% of 279 decks
+30% synergy
Symmetry Matrix
28% of 279 decks
+27% synergy
Sapphire Medallion
23% of 279 decks
-32% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18% of 279 decks
-10% synergy
Skullclamp
13% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
11% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Hylda's Crown of Winter
11% of 273 decks
+10% synergy
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
10% of 279 decks
+10% synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Mindsplice Apparatus
9% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Endless Atlas
9% of 279 decks
+8% synergy
Kefnet's Monument
8% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Culling Dais
8% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Folio of Fancies
7% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Collector's Vault
7% of 272 decks
+6% synergy
Mind's Eye
6% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Bident of Thassa
6% of 279 decks
-6% synergy
The Golden Throne
5% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Enchantments
Teferi's Ageless Insight
41% of 279 decks
+24% synergy
Lost in the Maze
40% of 246 decks
+38% synergy
Verity Circle
33% of 279 decks
+31% synergy
Wizard Class
31% of 279 decks
+14% synergy
Ever-Watching Threshold
30% of 279 decks
+29% synergy
Opposition
18% of 279 decks
+17% synergy
Curse of Verbosity
17% of 279 decks
+15% synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
16% of 260 decks
+12% synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
15% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Thought Reflection
14% of 279 decks
+12% synergy
Scroll of Isildur
12% of 279 decks
+11% synergy
Case of the Ransacked Lab
10% of 246 decks
+5% synergy
Shark Typhoon
9% of 279 decks
+2% synergy
Propaganda
9% of 279 decks
-20% synergy
Witness Protection
8% of 279 decks
+2% synergy
Levitation
7% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Intruder Alarm
6% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Unable to Scream
6% of 184 decks
+2% synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5% of 279 decks
-5% synergy
Curator's Ward
5% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Battles
Invasion of Segovia
29% of 279 decks
+27% synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
53% of 279 decks
-3% synergy
Lonely Sandbar
43% of 279 decks
+28% synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
32% of 279 decks
-20% synergy
Remote Isle
29% of 279 decks
+23% synergy
Nesting Grounds
27% of 279 decks
+25% synergy
Desert of the Mindful
21% of 279 decks
+17% synergy
Rogue's Passage
19% of 279 decks
+4% synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
15% of 279 decks
+11% synergy
Bonders' Enclave
14% of 279 decks
+12% synergy
Temple of the False God
12% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Castle Vantress
10% of 279 decks
-9% synergy
Sunken Palace
10% of 218 decks
+6% synergy
Rivendell
8% of 279 decks
-5% synergy
High Market
7% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
War Room
6% of 279 decks
-11% synergy
Terrain Generator
6% of 279 decks
-2% synergy
The Surgical Bay
5% of 279 decks
+3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75% of 279 decks
-11% synergy
Mind Stone
70% of 279 decks
+32% synergy
Arcane Signet
67% of 279 decks
+1% synergy
Thought Vessel
67% of 279 decks
+15% synergy
Midnight Clock
56% of 279 decks
+34% synergy
Sky Diamond
54% of 279 decks
+29% synergy
Commander's Sphere
47% of 279 decks
+36% synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
40% of 279 decks
+25% synergy
Hedron Archive
26% of 279 decks
+20% synergy
Heraldic Banner
25% of 279 decks
+19% synergy
Fellwar Stone
15% of 279 decks
-5% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
13% of 279 decks
-3% synergy
Worn Powerstone
11% of 279 decks
+5% synergy
Caged Sun
8% of 279 decks
-5% synergy
Thran Dynamo
6% of 279 decks
-7% synergy
Liquimetal Torque
6% of 279 decks
-1% synergy
Prismatic Lens
6% of 279 decks
+2% synergy
Gilded Lotus
5% of 279 decks
-7% synergy
Lands
Island
100% of 279 decks
+7% synergy
Myriad Landscape
41% of 279 decks
+14% synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7% of 218 decks
-6% synergy