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Lingering Tormentor
Creature — Spirit
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
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.)
The bogeyman doesn't disappear when you close your eyes.
Rulings (7)
If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
Jun 7, 2013
The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
Jun 7, 2013
If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
Jun 7, 2013
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