Rhys, the Evermore
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SetECL
Collector #32
Released2026-01-23
Rarityrare
ArtistKai Carpenter
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Rhys, the Evermore

RareColour IDMV 2
Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
Flash
When Rhys enters, another target creature you control gains persist until end of turn. (When it 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.)
, : Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Keywords
Flash
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
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Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2026-01-23Newest 2026-01-23Cheapest priced $0.34 in ECL
Rulings (3)
wotc17 Nov 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.
wotc17 Nov 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.
wotc17 Nov 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.