Commander 2019 (c19) | ||
| #93 ⸱ Rare ⸱ English | ||
 Variations— Parts— | River Kelpie
3 / 3 Whenever this creature or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card. Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card. 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.)
LegalitiesNot Legal Alchemy Brawl Explorer Future Gladiator Historic Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Legal Commander Duel Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Penny Predh Vintage RulingsIf 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's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
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