Persist
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander 83 • rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Milivoj Ćeran
- Market price
- $1.38
What it does
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
In the tight-knit doun of Mistmeadow, death is less important than duty.
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 originally introduced in the 2008 Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, designed as a key mechanic to represent the cycle of life and death within the game's dark, fairytale-inspired setting. The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, who utilized his signature painterly style to evoke the eerie, recursive nature of the spell, which brings a creature back from the graveyard with a persistent handicap. The mechanic became a staple of the format, lauded for its strategic depth in enabling long-term board presence.
The version from the Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander release is a specialized printing that revisits the original mechanics within the context of the Commander format, which prioritizes social, multiplayer gameplay. This iteration maintains the thematic visual language established in the earlier sets while serving as a functional reprint for players looking to bolster their decks with graveyard-recursion strategies. It remains a widely recognized utility card, valued by players for its efficiency in navigating the complex interactions found in high-level competitive and casual play.
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