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"Find me cards equivalent to: Persist"

Equivalent cards to Persist (sorcery, black, returns a nonlegendary creature from graveyard to battlefield with a -1/-1 counter):

  • Malakir Rebirth (returns to battlefield but as an instant, also costs life, not exactly the same)
  • Unearth (returns a creature with mana value 3 or less, no counter, so functionally similar, but not exactly the same)
  • Death's Shadow (not a reanimation spell, so not equivalent)

Closest direct equivalent in black is Unearth.
Persist (your original card) is unique in giving a -1/-1 counter, and there’s no exact black sorcery with the same attributes.

Example:
Unearth
{B}
Sorcery
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

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Death's Shadow

Persist

Unearth

Death's Shadow #40 Creature — Avatar

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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: 13/13
Types:
  • Creature
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  • Avatar
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Death's Shadow's ability applies only while Death's Shadow is on the battlefield. In all other zones, its power and toughness are 13.
  • If your life total is negative, X is considered to be 0.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, your life total is your team's life total.
  • The value of X changes as you gain and lose life. It's not locked in as Death's Shadow enters the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 6.49 USD
    Manapool / 6.15 USD 12.5 USD
    Cardmarket 3.66 EUR / 3.52 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 6.44 USD 7.47 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

    Persist #83 Sorcery

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.67 USD
    Manapool 0.37 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD
    Cardmarket 1.73 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1counteron it.

    Unearth #51 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)