best persist cards mtg in (2026) — Top Picks for Commander & Beyond 1 counter on it Persistence and +1/+1 counters :

If you have some way to bounce the ring back to your hand, that makes it even scarier in a format where you can't have more than one of them

That back-to-back pressure can easily catch opponents off guard

If you put this on a good non-legendary creature while an opponent controls their commander, you force them to sacrifice one to the legend rule

Bring this to your next casual game night and watch your friends gasp aloud as you rip the soul out of Avacyn only to beat them to death with an indestructible 1/1 spirit and her 8/8 walking corpse

At the time of writing, both TCGPlayer and eBay sales show the card with listings for around $1,600 or higher