Rhys, the Evermore
Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
Flash
When Rhys enters, another target creature you control gains persist until end of turn. (When it 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.)
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: Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
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- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL #32)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Artist
- Kai Carpenter
- EDHREC rank
- #11,157
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 14
All 14 combos.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-11-17
If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. A creature's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.
- 2025-11-17
If 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 as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 counters on it at that point.
- 2025-11-17
If the target creature dies but that card leaves the graveyard before the persist ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.