---
name: "Persistent Petitioners"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "600"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "NIARK1"
oracle_id: "0e488c6c-aae2-450f-b969-7bb5a1b37a66"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/persistent-petitioners-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Persistent Petitioners
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Tap four untapped Advisors you control: Target player mills twelve cards.
A deck can have any number of cards named Persistent Petitioners.

> *". . . the communal bone garden is in dire need of new vertebrae, plus . . ."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sokka's Haiku](/printing/sokkas-haiku-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson
2. [Titania, Nature's Force](/printing/titania-natures-force-brc.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental
3. [Wasteful Harvest](/printing/wasteful-harvest-bro.md) — Instant
4. [Shadow Kin](/printing/shadow-kin-mic.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Eivor, Wolf-Kissed](/printing/eivor-wolf-kissed-acr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin Warrior
6. [Shenanigans](/printing/shenanigans-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #600
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** NIARK1
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

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