---
name: "Trapjaw Kelpie"
mana_cost: "{4}{G/U}{G/U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Persist", "Flash"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "0d6fccd5-ec14-4da6-972e-b2f5502818a4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/trapjaw-kelpie-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Trapjaw Kelpie
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G/U}{G/U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Persist, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
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.)

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## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grazing Kelpie](/printing/grazing-kelpie-eve.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [River Kelpie](/printing/river-kelpie-ltc.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Scuzzback Marauders](/printing/scuzzback-marauders-uma.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
4. [Gravelgill Axeshark](/printing/gravelgill-axeshark-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier
5. [Restless Apparition](/printing/restless-apparition-mm2.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Rhys, the Evermore](/printing/rhys-the-evermore-pecl.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #164
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **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`