Safehold Elite

set	min	mtgo
-	0.12	0.03 tix

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Name	Safehold Elite
Type	Creature — elf scout
Description	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.)
Flavor	"I refuse to die—not at the hands of one such as you."
Artist	Jesper Ejsing
Set	Ultimate Masters #220
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Safehold Elite

Safehold Elite, Creature — elf scout, designed by Richard Whitters first released in May, 2008 in the set Shadowmoor and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.12. It's a key card in 7 combos.

Safehold Elite would be a valuable addition to a Selesnya (Green/White) midrange or aggro deck in Magic: the Gathering, providing a resilient threat that can repeatedly return to the battlefield. While there are other cards with similar abilities like Kitchen Finks or Strangleroot Geist, Safehold Elite's low mana cost and potential for repeated value make it a strong contender for inclusion in decks looking for resilient early-game threats. Overall, Safehold Elite could see play in decks that prioritize board presence and value recursion.

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06/07/13

If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.

06/07/13

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’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.

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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.

06/07/13

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

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