Rhys, the Evermore
Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1000
- Illustrator
- Kai Carpenter
- Found in
- Lorwyn Eclipsed MTGO Redemption · Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Pack · 2 more
Constructed
Commander
Arena
Other
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: Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Rulings
3 · latest Nov 17, 2025
- WotCNov 17, 2025
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.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
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.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
If the target creature dies but that card leaves the graveyard before the persist ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.