Watcher of the Spheres
Watcher of the Spheres: Creature - Bird Wizard, Core Set 2021. Flying. Creature spells with flying you cast cost 1 less to cast. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Bird Wizard
- Colour identity
- White and blue (WU)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021 (M21)
- Released
- 2020-07-03
- Collector number
- 227
- Artist
- G-host Lee
- Commander rank
- 4,370 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Watcher of the Spheres
Watcher of the Spheres is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and blue creature from Core Set 2021 (M21), a core set released in July 2020. It is collector number 227 in that set, with art by G-host Lee. It costs {W}{U} (one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Core Set 2021 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.97 (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 Watcher of the Spheres by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Watcher of the Spheres, newest first.
- The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of creature spells with flying you cast. For example, if you cast a second Watcher of the Spheres, its cost won't be reduced below {W}{U}.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Watcher of the Spheres). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- A creature spell that doesn't have flying won't cost less even if an effect will cause the creature to have flying once on the battlefield. This is also true if the creature spell itself has an ability that gives it flying once on the battlefield under certain conditions, even if those conditions are true.
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