Obstinate Gargoyle
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
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/-1 counter on it.)
Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (7)
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.
2024-06-07
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.
2024-06-07
Once Obstinate Gargoyle has been blocked, causing it to gain flying by modifying it won't cause it to stop being blocked.
2024-06-07
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.
2024-06-07