Monstrosity of the Lake
Monstrosity of the Lake: Legendary Creature - Kraken, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. When Monstrosity of the Lake enters, you may pay 5. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Kraken
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 4/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 22
- Artist
- Ben Wootten
- Commander rank
- 5,669 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Islandcycling, Landcycling, Typecycling, Cycling
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Monstrosity of the Lake
Monstrosity of the Lake is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 22 in that set, with art by Ben Wootten. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/6 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.39 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When Monstrosity of the Lake enters, you may pay {5}. If you do, tap all creatures your opponents control, then put a stun counter on each of those creatures. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.39 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Monstrosity of the Lake by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Monstrosity of the Lake
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #424 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #105 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Monstrosity of the Lake, newest first.
- Typecycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being typecycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a typecycling ability from being activated.
- Unlike the normal cycling ability, typecycling doesn't allow you to draw a card. Rather, it lets you search your library for a card with the type or types indicated by the ability name. For example, a card with basic landcycling lets you search for a basic land card, and a card with Wizardcycling lets you search for a Wizard card.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Monstrosity of the Lake is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.