Vivi's Persistence

Vivi's Persistence

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with that ability

on-cast — makes a token

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Whenever your commander enters or attacks, you may pay {2}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: create a Wizard creature token, put a Wizard creature token onto the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: anything enters the battlefield, anything attacks.

Works well with

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When Vivi's Persistence leaves a graveyard, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When Vivi's Persistence leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Vivi's Persistence makes a Wizard token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When Vivi's Persistence makes a Wizard token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Vivi's Persistence costs
  2. Mana Matrix — Mana Matrix reduces what Vivi's Persistence costs

3,771 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When Vivi's Persistence is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  7. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

330 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Hellkite Courser — When a permanent enters thanks to Hellkite Courser, Vivi's Persistence returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Nature's Wrath — When a Wizard enters thanks to Vivi's Persistence, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Vivi's Persistence is one).

When Vivi's Persistence is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.