You Hear Something on Watch
Instant
Choose one —
• Rouse the Party — Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Set Off Traps — This spell deals 5 damage to target attacking creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19979
You Hear Something on Watch puts a 2/2 vigilance token into play immediately and replaces itself with a card draw — two meaningful effects stapled to a single white instant at two mana. It's a clean rate for token-based and go-wide strategies, and the vigilance means the token blocks the turn it arrives.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, You Hear Something on Watch slots cleanly into token strategies that want instant-speed interaction and self-replacing spells — the combination of body plus draw at two mana is hard to complain about. In Pauper, where card advantage at common is the axis the format rotates around, it competes in white tempo shells that can use the token aggressively. Modern and Pioneer have higher raw power bars, so You Hear Something on Watch mostly finds a home in budget or casual builds rather than competitive lists. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it — the efficiency ceiling there is simply too high.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, You Hear Something on Watch is deep bulk — grab a playset for the cost of a pack of gum. Bulk commons with genuine two-for-one text don't tend to spike, but this one holds its floor because the effect is legitimately playable and will always have a home in casual and budget builds.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.