---
name: "Persistent Specimen"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "J25"
set_name: "Foundations Jumpstart"
collector_number: "473"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "5f4ad578-f2c4-47f6-8080-8fbc17383f6f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/persistent-specimen-j25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Persistent Specimen
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

> *「顎骨は頭蓋骨に繋がっている。頭蓋骨に繋がっているのは……えーと……掛け鉤みたいなものさ。」
—縫い師の助手、ガールー*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
2. [Sanitarium Skeleton](/printing/sanitarium-skeleton-c19.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Tenacious Dead](/printing/tenacious-dead-m14.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Cult Conscript](/printing/cult-conscript-dmu.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
5. [Persist](/printing/persist-spg.md) — Sorcery
6. [Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist](/printing/xu-ifit-osteoharmonist-peoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #473
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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