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Persistent Constrictor

Black

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Persistent Constrictor, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander DSC · No. 22 2024-09-27

Card text

{4}{B}
Creature — Zombie Snake
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. 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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Keywords: Persist
EDHREC rank #2820 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If the target creature is an illegal target as Persistent Constrictor's first ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will lose life.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. A creature's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

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 as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 counters on it at that point.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the ability trigger resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

Once persist returns the creature, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won't return to the battlefield. Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won't be put on the new creature.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Persistent Constrictor, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
DSC · #22
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
HFX Games · Condition LP
Persistent Constrictor, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
DSC · #52
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Boutique MagiCarte