---
name: "Persist"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ECC"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Milivoj Ćeran"
oracle_id: "367d4cf2-270f-4236-af10-7d5e8ea8c9fe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/persist-ecc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Persist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.

> *Nel ben organizzato doun di Prateria Brumosa, la morte è meno importante del dovere.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aberrant Return](/printing/aberrant-return-ecc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Persistent Specimen](/printing/persistent-specimen-j25.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
5. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Evil Reawakened](/printing/evil-reawakened-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) #83
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Milivoj Ćeran
- **Total Printings:** 48 across all historical editions

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