---
name: "River Kelpie"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Persist"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "166"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "ef5c93ae-91e0-4edb-b8a3-1171a3694bb8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/river-kelpie-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# River Kelpie
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Persist

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card.
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card.
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. [Grazing Kelpie](/printing/grazing-kelpie-eve.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Trapjaw Kelpie](/printing/trapjaw-kelpie-eve.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Persist](/printing/persist-spg.md) — Sorcery
4. [Restless Apparition](/printing/restless-apparition-mm2.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Puppeteer Clique](/printing/puppeteer-clique-ncc.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard
6. [Putrid Goblin](/printing/putrid-goblin-mh1.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #166
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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