---
name: "Kenessos, Priest of Thassa"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Merfolk Cleric"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "45b3a028-5705-4dc8-bfab-04bb5e01eea6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kenessos-priest-of-thassa-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Merfolk Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
If you would scry a number of cards, scry that many cards plus one instead.
{3}{G/U}: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent creature card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, you may put it on the bottom of your library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Biblioplex Kraken](/printing/biblioplex-kraken-j22.md) — Creature — Kraken
2. [Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep](/printing/kiora-sovereign-of-the-deep-mat.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
3. [Cascade Seer](/printing/cascade-seer-znr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Sigiled Starfish](/printing/sigiled-starfish-plst.md) — Creature — Starfish
5. [Octoprophet](/printing/octoprophet-m20.md) — Creature — Octopus
6. [Eclipsed Merrow](/printing/eclipsed-merrow-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #13
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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