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
- #11,386
- 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.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Luminous Broodmoth
- Scholar of New Horizons
- Cloudshift
- Vizier of Remedies
- Spirited Companion
- Blasting Station
- Nesting Grounds
- Ephemerate
- Charming Prince
- Ashnod's Altar
- Karmic Guide
- Wall of Omens
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Restoration Angel
- Loran of the Third Path
- Sun Titan
- Cauldron of Souls
- Summon: Ixion
- Summon: Yojimbo
- High Market
- Solemnity
- Reveillark
- Eerie Interlude
- Personify
- Morningtide's Light
- Flickerwisp
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Welcoming Vampire
- Teleportation Circle
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
- Conjurer's Closet
- Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- Anticausal Vestige
- Brought Back
- Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
- Reprieve
- Summon: Bahamut
- Martyr's Cause
- Fiend Hunter
- Panharmonicon
- Summon: Good King Mog XII
- Witch Enchanter
- Witch Enchanter
- Altar of Dementia
- Antler Skulkin
- Meadowboon
- Rumor Gatherer
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Path to Exile
- Luminous Broodmoth
- Pearl Medallion
- Cloudshift
- Loran of the Third Path
- Scholar of New Horizons
- Sun Titan
- Arcane Signet
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Spirited Companion
- Ephemerate
- Karmic Guide
- Reprieve
- Charming Prince
- Wall of Omens
- Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- Ashnod's Altar
- Vizier of Remedies
- Blasting Station
- Welcoming Vampire
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Nesting Grounds
- Restoration Angel
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Eerie Interlude
- Witch Enchanter
- Witch Enchanter
- Knight of the White Orchid
- Esper Sentinel
- War Room
- Flickerwisp
- Skullclamp
- Archaeomancer's Map
- Teleportation Circle
- High Market
- Generous Gift
- Personify
- Cauldron of Souls
- Summon: Yojimbo
- Inspiring Overseer
- Summon: Ixion
- Reveillark
- Morningtide's Light
- Solemnity
- Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- Myriad Landscape
- Cathars' Crusade
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.