Persist
Sorcery · 
Persist is part of 25 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Dualcaster Mage and Scholar of the Ages.
Persist
Sorcery
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Mana value
- 2
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Persist across all of its 25 combos.
Roles in combos
Persist can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
Combos with Persist
25 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Burnt Offering
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Culling the Weak
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Sacrifice
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Persist
Burnt Offering
Archaeomancer
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens with haste
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Ashnod's Altar
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Persist
Archaeomancer
Culling the Weak
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens with haste
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Altar of Dementia
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite self-mill
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Phyrexian Altar
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Blasting Station
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
Carrion Feeder
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Persist
Archaeomancer
Sacrifice
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite creature tokens with haste
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Umbral Collar Zealot
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite surveil
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Woe Strider
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: R, W, B
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
Bartolomé del Presidio
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Thermopod
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite red mana
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
Bloodthrone Vampire
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Dualcaster Mage
Persist
Bloodflow Connoisseur
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
