Persist
Special Guests 42 • mythic
- Set
- Special Guests
- Collector number
- 42
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jarel Threat
- Market price
- $5.77
What it does
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
"I paid a price to one I will not name to escape the abyss. A bit of my soul for a second chance. And I'd do it again, and again—until I had no soul left to trade."— Tinua, Skirsdag cultist
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Persist was released as part of the Special Guests series, a unique initiative within the Magic: The Gathering trading card game that invites renowned illustrators from outside the traditional fantasy gaming sphere to contribute their perspective to the game. The card itself is a functional reprint of a spell that allows for the reanimation of creatures from a graveyard, reflecting the black mana color identity's focus on life and death cycles.
The art for this specific printing was designed by the acclaimed comic book artist and illustrator Junji Ito. Known for his distinctive and unsettling body horror aesthetic, Ito was tasked with reimagining the card's mechanics through his lens. The resulting illustration depicts a skeletal, haunting figure emerging from a pool of shadows, which was widely praised by the community for effectively translating his signature manga style into the visual language of the game.
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