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"Find me cards equivalent to: Obstinate Gargoyle"

Equivalent cards to Obstinate Gargoyle in black and white with similar traits (artifact creature, flying, persist, etc.):
1. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed — Black, grants persist-like ability to other creatures (non-Human).
2. Murderous Redcap — Black/Red, artifact creature with persist (not B/W but similar persist effect).
3. Kitchen Finks — Green/White, has persist and a life gain effect (not artifact, not B/W exactly, but fits persist theme).
4. Gleaming Barrier — Colorless, artifact creature, defender, not flying/persist but similar artifact body.

Direct equivalents that are artifact creatures with persist and in B/W colors are rare or non-existent. Most persist creatures are not artifacts or not in B/W. Obstinate Gargoyle (if a custom card) is unique for combining these traits.


Reason: Black and white rarely combine with artifact persist and flying, so closest matches are with creatures featuring persist or similar graveyard recursion within or near B/W.

Found Cards

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Gleaming Barrier

Kitchen Finks

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Murderous Redcap

Obstinate Gargoyle

Gleaming Barrier #768 Artifact Creature — Wall

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 0/4
Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Wall
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Treasure

    Abilities/Keywords

    Defender

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.26 USD
    Cardmarket 0.11 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Defender When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Add one mana of any color.")

    Kitchen Finks #216 Creature — Ouphe

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Ouphe
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • 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's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they'll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can't return to the battlefield.
  • If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player's persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player's persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
  • The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it's a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR / 0.83 EUR
    Manapool / 0.51 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.48 USD 0.35 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)

    Mikaeus, the Unhallowed #106 Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Cleric
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Intimidate

    Rules

  • Any damage dealt to you by a Human will cause Mikaeus’s ability to trigger, including noncombat damage dealt to you by a Human and damage dealt to you by a Human you control.
  • If a Human deals damage to you at the same time that Mikaeus is dealt lethal damage, Mikaeus’s triggered ability triggers. That Human will be destroyed even though Mikaeus has left the battlefield.
  • If a non-Human creature you control without a +1/+1 counter dies at the same time as Mikaeus, that creature’s undying ability granted by Mikaeus triggers and will return it to the battlefield.
  • The +1/+1 bonus that Mikaeus gives to other non-Human creatures you control isn’t a counter. It won’t prevent undying from triggering.

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    Cardkingdom / 54.99 USD 32.99 USD
    Manapool / 43.81 USD 26.02 USD
    Cardmarket / 23.46 EUR 22.39 EUR
    Tcgplayer 29.63 USD / 35.06 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a Human deals damage to you,destroyit. Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1counteron it.)

    Murderous Redcap #217 Creature — Goblin Assassin

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Goblin
  • Assassin
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • Murderous Redcap’s power is checked at the time the ability resolves. If it’s left the battlefield by then, its last known information is used.
  • If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • 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’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
  • The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it’s a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 4.99 USD 1.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.07 EUR 0.61 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 3.24 USD 2.67 USD
    Manapool 0.48 USD / 3.07 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)

    Obstinate Gargoyle #195 Artifact Creature — Gargoyle

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Gargoyle
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
  • A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
  • An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
  • If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the triggered ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Once Obstinate Gargoyle has been blocked, causing it to gain flying by modifying it won't cause it to stop being blocked.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.1 EUR 0.12 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD / 0.25 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 has flying as long as it's modified. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)