Persistent Specimen
Innistrad: Crimson Vow 125 • common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Collector number
- 125
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Scott Murphy
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
2 generic mana black mana: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
"The jaw bone's connected to the skull bone. The skull bone's connected to the . . . uh . . . hook thingy."— Garl, sticher's assistant
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Persistent Specimen was released in 2021 as part of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow set for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to function within the set's graveyard-centric mechanics, specifically supporting strategies that rely on recurring low-cost creatures to fuel sacrificial effects or board presence. Its design mirrors the gothic horror themes of the Innistrad plane, representing the persistent, restless nature of the undead inhabitants.
The artwork was created by illustrator Bryan Sola, who utilized a stark, visceral aesthetic to capture the essence of a reanimated corpse. The illustration reflects the design goal of the card—a creature that refuses to stay dead—by emphasizing a hunched, decaying posture and a thematic link to the set's wedding and vampire-aristocracy lore. Upon its release, it was well-received by players focusing on Limited formats, where its utility as a repeatable chump blocker proved highly effective.
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