Woodfall Primus

Creature — Treefolk Shaman

Illustrated by John Tedrick

EDHREC Rank #3,995

Trample When this creature enters, destroy target noncreature permanent. 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.)

Rulings (7)

When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it's a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

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 token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can't return to the battlefield.

Jun 7, 2013