ecc
spg
mh2
pmh2
Persist 
Sorcery
Oracle Text
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Persist, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 22 | 4 | 129 | 3.9 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 83
Non-foilShowcase
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Persist
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Champion of Wits
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (14)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (15)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
