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Trapjaw Kelpie

CREATURE — BEAST Common
Eventide EVE #164 EDHREC #31,183
$0.09
+12.5% 7 days

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Trapjaw Kelpie Price Summary

Trapjaw Kelpie's current headline price is $0.09.

Trapjaw Kelpie Printings & Prices

1 printings

Trapjaw Kelpie has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Trapjaw Kelpie Rules Text & Legality

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Creature — Beast — mana cost {4}{G/U}{G/U}

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.)

"Travelers in these waters leave a bit of themselves behind."

Trapjaw Kelpie is legal in Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard and Pioneer.

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Not legal
pioneer
Not legal

Trapjaw Kelpie Rulings

5 most recent
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner’s graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won’t trigger and the card won’t return to the battlefield. That’s because persist checks the creature’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • Jun 7, 2013 If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Trapjaw Kelpie has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
EVE #164 2008-07-25 Common Standard
EVE #164 2008-07-25 Common Standard

Trapjaw Kelpie in Commander

Trapjaw Kelpie is the #31,183 most-played card on EDHREC, down 559 places over the last 30 days.

Trapjaw Kelpie FAQ

How much is Trapjaw Kelpie worth?

Trapjaw Kelpie is worth about $0.09 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Trapjaw Kelpie legal in Commander?

Yes — Trapjaw Kelpie is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Trapjaw Kelpie been reprinted?

Yes — Trapjaw Kelpie has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Trapjaw Kelpie cheap?

Trapjaw Kelpie trades at about $0.09 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#31,183 on EDHREC).