---
name: "Kelpie Guide"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ilse Gort"
oracle_id: "8fc1e8b1-3afc-4e9d-a3ae-7bd9bcdcb465"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kelpie-guide-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kelpie Guide
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{T}: Untap another target permanent you control.
{T}: Tap target permanent. Activate only if you control eight or more lands.

> *Kelpies are drawn to paradoxes, making them ideal companions for Quandrix mages.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tideforce Elemental](/printing/tideforce-elemental-wwk.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Kiora's Follower](/printing/kioras-follower-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk
3. [Argothian Elder](/printing/argothian-elder-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
4. [Tidal Force](/printing/tidal-force-c13.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Voyaging Satyr](/printing/voyaging-satyr-ths.md) — Creature — Satyr Druid
6. [Thassa's Ire](/printing/thassas-ire-jou.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #45
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ilse Gort
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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