Crossroads Watcher
Creature — Kithkin Ranger
Trample
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19506
Crossroads Watcher taps to untap all Kithkin you control — effectively giving your entire board pseudo-vigilance every turn it's in play. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 that does nothing without other Kithkin on the battlefield, so Brigid, Clachan's Heart is the natural home and the main reason to run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart rewards stacking Kithkin triggers and combat math, and Crossroads Watcher lets your whole team swing and still hold up blockers — that's a real axis of advantage in a creature-forward tribal deck that appears in nearly a third of all Brigid lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crossroads Watcher is legal everywhere but earns its slot almost exclusively in Commander, where Kithkin tribal has enough critical mass to make the untap effect matter. In constructed formats — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — Kithkin simply lacks the support to build around, and a 2/2 for three with a tribal tap ability is nowhere near competitive rate outside that context. Pauper is the one fringe case worth noting: the common slot is generous there, but Kithkin density is still too thin to support Crossroads Watcher as anything but a novelty. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Crossroads Watcher is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you find it on a store page. Bulk tribal pieces rarely move unless the tribe gets a major new commander push, so don't expect this to appreciate, but it costs essentially nothing to slot in.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.