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◇ Catalog #52

Persistent Constrictor

dsc·#52·rare·extended_art

Illus. Steve Ellis

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Sep '24

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Value

$14.95+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $14 · low $13

NM$13.9

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$13–$15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $18low $2.30range 679.1%n 57

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,764 · Niche pick

Variants

Extended Art$14

Gameplay

Creature — Zombie Snake

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. 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.)

5/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 5

2024-09-20wotc

If the target creature is an illegal target as Persistent Constrictor's first ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will lose life.

2024-09-20wotc

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.

2024-09-20wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $13.95. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.30 and $17.92 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DSC — the lineup includes Extended Art alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #52 of *Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2024 Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander release.

Card type: Creature — Zombie Snake, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Persist.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,764 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Steve Ellis. Rarix catalogs 152 other cards credited to this artist.