---
name: "Obstinate Gargoyle"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gargoyle"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Persist"]
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "195"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Craig J Spearing"
oracle_id: "f3bd9bfe-847f-4ed1-88aa-6aa6b3fa7199"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/obstinate-gargoyle-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Obstinate Gargoyle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Persist

## Oracle Text
This creature has flying as long as it's modified. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wingrattle Scarecrow](/printing/wingrattle-scarecrow-shm.md) — Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
2. [Aerie Ouphes](/printing/aerie-ouphes-eve.md) — Creature — Ouphe
3. [Leering Gargoyle](/printing/leering-gargoyle-mir.md) — Creature — Gargoyle
4. [Locthwain Gargoyle](/printing/locthwain-gargoyle-eld.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
5. [Sanctum Gargoyle](/printing/sanctum-gargoyle-mma.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
6. [Manor Gargoyle](/printing/manor-gargoyle-isd.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #195
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Craig J Spearing
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`