---
name: "Grazing Kelpie"
mana_cost: "{3}{G/U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Persist"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Drew Tucker"
oracle_id: "a2db1035-008e-4de3-b5e5-2a0de83082b2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grazing-kelpie-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grazing Kelpie
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G/U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Persist

## Oracle Text
{G/U}, Sacrifice this creature: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [River Kelpie](/printing/river-kelpie-ltc.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Trapjaw Kelpie](/printing/trapjaw-kelpie-eve.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Persist](/printing/persist-spg.md) — Sorcery
4. [Gravebane Zombie](/printing/gravebane-zombie-mir.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Putrid Goblin](/printing/putrid-goblin-mh1.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
6. [Gravelgill Axeshark](/printing/gravelgill-axeshark-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #153
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Drew Tucker
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`