I’ve got a rules question, because if this works, it’s one heck of a flavor win: Can [[Doors of Durin]] bring out [[The Watcher in the Water]] tapped and attacking, or will The Watcher in the Water be unable to attack due to the stun counters?

  • fubo
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    3 years ago

    Doors of Durin says:

    Whenever you attack, scry 2, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card, put it onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

    This means the creature enters as an attacking creature, rather than being declared as an attacker. Watcher in the Water does enter with stun counters on it, but those don’t affect the fact that it already entered as an attacking creature.

    Stun counters only prevent a permanent from untapping. That’s all they do.

    So yes, it does the flavorful thing.