Rhys, the Evermore {1}{W}
Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
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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.)
{W}, {T}: Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
2/2
Illustrated by Kai Carpenter
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Rhys, the Evermore:
- If the target creature dies but that card leaves the graveyard before the persist ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield. (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)