Celes, Rune Knight (Commander) - Budget

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Nick Price
Jan 14, 2026
The Top 10 Most Played Persist Cards in Commander
With Lorwyn Eclipsed giving us new cards with persist let's see which cards featuring the mechanic have sat in the most Commander decks.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Twilight Diviner
10%inclusion15 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Rhys, the Evermore
6.3%inclusion10 decks158 decks
6%synergy
Slumbering Walker
4.0%inclusion6 decks150 decks
4%synergy
Personify
3.8%inclusion6 decks158 decks
3%synergy
Reaping Willow
3.3%inclusion5 decks150 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Priest of Fell Rites
66%inclusion507 decks770 decks
61%synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
56%inclusion429 decks770 decks
54%synergy
Stitch Together
56%inclusion433 decks770 decks
53%synergy
Murderous Redcap
48%inclusion366 decks770 decks
44%synergy
Sun Titan
54%inclusion413 decks770 decks
43%synergy
Phoenix Down
45%inclusion337 decks743 decks
43%synergy
Banon, the Returners' Leader
48%inclusion353 decks743 decks
43%synergy
Laughing Mad
45%inclusion337 decks743 decks
41%synergy
Gau, Feral Youth
45%inclusion337 decks743 decks
41%synergy
Putrid Goblin
42%inclusion326 decks770 decks
41%synergy
Top Cards
Morbid Opportunist
55%inclusion425 decks770 decks
37%synergy
Mortify
51%inclusion394 decks770 decks
36%synergy
Reanimate
51%inclusion390 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Ruinous Ultimatum
48%inclusion369 decks770 decks
9%synergy
Anger
47%inclusion364 decks770 decks
40%synergy
Crackling Doom
44%inclusion339 decks770 decks
27%synergy
Locke, Treasure Hunter
43%inclusion323 decks743 decks
37%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
43%inclusion331 decks770 decks
38%synergy
Viscera Seer
43%inclusion328 decks770 decks
29%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
43%inclusion328 decks770 decks
39%synergy
Creatures
The Warring Triad
42%inclusion310 decks743 decks
38%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
42%inclusion321 decks770 decks
29%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
39%inclusion304 decks770 decks
38%synergy
General Leo Cristophe
39%inclusion293 decks744 decks
35%synergy
Obstinate Gargoyle
38%inclusion293 decks770 decks
37%synergy
Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
37%inclusion278 decks743 decks
33%synergy
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
37%inclusion287 decks770 decks
25%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
37%inclusion286 decks770 decks
19%synergy
Flayer of the Hatebound
36%inclusion281 decks770 decks
35%synergy
Sabin, Master Monk
36%inclusion269 decks743 decks
34%synergy
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
36%inclusion267 decks743 decks
33%synergy
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
36%inclusion267 decks744 decks
31%synergy
Lesser Masticore
35%inclusion269 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Millikin
33%inclusion252 decks770 decks
30%synergy
Mog, Moogle Warrior
32%inclusion241 decks743 decks
29%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
31%inclusion235 decks770 decks
29%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
31%inclusion235 decks770 decks
20%synergy
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
30%inclusion233 decks770 decks
27%synergy
Restless Apparition
29%inclusion223 decks770 decks
28%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
28%inclusion180 decks634 decks
25%synergy
Gogo, Mysterious Mime
27%inclusion203 decks743 decks
22%synergy
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
27%inclusion197 decks743 decks
25%synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
26%inclusion196 decks743 decks
23%synergy
Angel of the Ruins
25%inclusion192 decks770 decks
21%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
25%inclusion190 decks770 decks
22%synergy
Mayhem Devil
24%inclusion188 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
24%inclusion185 decks770 decks
19%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
24%inclusion181 decks770 decks
20%synergy
Carrion Feeder
23%inclusion174 decks770 decks
20%synergy
Molten Gatekeeper
22%inclusion166 decks770 decks
20%synergy
Edgar, Master Machinist
21%inclusion157 decks743 decks
19%synergy
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
21%inclusion155 decks738 decks
17%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
21%inclusion161 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Umaro, Raging Yeti
20%inclusion149 decks743 decks
19%synergy
Meteor Golem
19%inclusion149 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
19%inclusion138 decks744 decks
16%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
18%inclusion139 decks770 decks
8%synergy
Lingering Tormentor
17%inclusion130 decks770 decks
17%synergy
Karmic Guide
17%inclusion129 decks770 decks
10%synergy
Ruin Grinder
17%inclusion128 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Wingrattle Scarecrow
16%inclusion127 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Strago and Relm
16%inclusion121 decks743 decks
15%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
15%inclusion118 decks770 decks
13%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion118 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
15%inclusion117 decks770 decks
2%synergy
Woe Strider
15%inclusion117 decks770 decks
14%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
15%inclusion112 decks744 decks
11%synergy
Kithkin Spellduster
15%inclusion112 decks770 decks
14%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
14%inclusion109 decks770 decks
13%synergy
Setzer, Wandering Gambler
13%inclusion99 decks743 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Bedevil
41%inclusion316 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Big Score
41%inclusion313 decks770 decks
31%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
38%inclusion289 decks770 decks
-25%synergy
Path to Exile
32%inclusion246 decks770 decks
-15%synergy
Cloudshift
28%inclusion213 decks770 decks
24%synergy
Espers to Magicite
24%inclusion182 decks744 decks
22%synergy
Deadly Dispute
19%inclusion143 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Flicker of Fate
17%inclusion130 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Ephemerate
16%inclusion125 decks770 decks
11%synergy
Not Dead After All
16%inclusion122 decks770 decks
15%synergy
Feign Death
16%inclusion122 decks770 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
16%inclusion120 decks770 decks
15%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
15%inclusion112 decks770 decks
3%synergy
Generous Gift
15%inclusion112 decks770 decks
-5%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion108 decks770 decks
13%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
14%inclusion108 decks770 decks
-20%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
13%inclusion102 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Despark
11%inclusion87 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Village Rites
11%inclusion85 decks770 decks
0%synergy
Parting Gust
11%inclusion84 decks770 decks
10%synergy
First Day of Class
11%inclusion83 decks770 decks
10%synergy
Reprieve
10%inclusion79 decks770 decks
7%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion77 decks770 decks
9%synergy
Chaos Warp
9.2%inclusion71 decks770 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
9.0%inclusion69 decks770 decks
-7%synergy
Disenchant
7.4%inclusion57 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
7.4%inclusion54 decks734 decks
7%synergy
Cauldron Haze
6.8%inclusion52 decks770 decks
6%synergy
Soul Partition
6.1%inclusion47 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Restoration Magic
6.0%inclusion44 decks734 decks
4%synergy
Demand Answers
6.0%inclusion46 decks770 decks
1%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
6.0%inclusion46 decks770 decks
1%synergy
Wear // Tear
5.8%inclusion45 decks770 decks
-6%synergy
Mandate of Peace
5.7%inclusion44 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Abrade
5.7%inclusion44 decks770 decks
0%synergy
Undying Evil
5.6%inclusion43 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Duplication
5.5%inclusion42 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Charm
5.3%inclusion41 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Terminate
5.3%inclusion41 decks770 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Rejoin the Fight
42%inclusion310 decks743 decks
38%synergy
Victimize
40%inclusion310 decks770 decks
33%synergy
Night's Whisper
38%inclusion289 decks770 decks
25%synergy
Faithless Looting
36%inclusion275 decks770 decks
20%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
33%inclusion252 decks770 decks
25%synergy
Legions to Ashes
31%inclusion241 decks770 decks
29%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
28%inclusion219 decks770 decks
26%synergy
Unearth
27%inclusion210 decks770 decks
25%synergy
Buried Alive
27%inclusion205 decks770 decks
21%synergy
Snort
26%inclusion194 decks743 decks
24%synergy
Lively Dirge
23%inclusion175 decks770 decks
21%synergy
Persist
17%inclusion131 decks770 decks
16%synergy
Dread Return
15%inclusion112 decks770 decks
13%synergy
Blasphemous Act
13%inclusion98 decks770 decks
-10%synergy
Unburial Rites
11%inclusion83 decks770 decks
8%synergy
Damn
9.4%inclusion72 decks770 decks
-9%synergy
Evil Reawakened
9.3%inclusion69 decks742 decks
9%synergy
Resentful Revelation
9.0%inclusion66 decks734 decks
8%synergy
Demonic Counsel
8.1%inclusion62 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Mythos of Snapdax
7.9%inclusion61 decks770 decks
2%synergy
Austere Command
7.8%inclusion60 decks770 decks
0%synergy
Starfall Invocation
7.8%inclusion60 decks770 decks
7%synergy
Jolted Awake
7.5%inclusion58 decks770 decks
7%synergy
Suplex
6.9%inclusion51 decks742 decks
6%synergy
Living Death
6.8%inclusion52 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
6.6%inclusion51 decks770 decks
3%synergy
Day of Judgment
6.4%inclusion49 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Painful Truths
6.4%inclusion49 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Helping Hand
5.8%inclusion45 decks770 decks
6%synergy
Feed the Swarm
5.1%inclusion39 decks770 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
40%inclusion307 decks770 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
33%inclusion252 decks770 decks
24%synergy
The Falcon, Airship Restored
30%inclusion226 decks743 decks
29%synergy
Key to the City
25%inclusion192 decks770 decks
21%synergy
Coin of Fate
24%inclusion175 decks743 decks
22%synergy
Phantom Train
7.7%inclusion57 decks742 decks
7%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
7.3%inclusion56 decks770 decks
7%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.8%inclusion52 decks770 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Goblin Bombardment
30%inclusion228 decks770 decks
21%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
18%inclusion139 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Impact Tremors
16%inclusion121 decks770 decks
0%synergy
Touch the Spirit Realm
14%inclusion106 decks770 decks
12%synergy
Thran Vigil
11%inclusion83 decks770 decks
11%synergy
Smile at Death
6.8%inclusion52 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.6%inclusion51 decks770 decks
-12%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
6.4%inclusion49 decks770 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.4%inclusion49 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
5.7%inclusion44 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
40%inclusion311 decks770 decks
17%synergy
High Market
36%inclusion280 decks770 decks
32%synergy
Bojuka Bog
10%inclusion79 decks770 decks
-21%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.5%inclusion50 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion680 decks770 decks
2%synergy
Sol Ring
77%inclusion590 decks770 decks
-12%synergy
Talisman of Conviction
69%inclusion533 decks770 decks
28%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
61%inclusion471 decks770 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
42%inclusion323 decks770 decks
33%synergy
Commander's Sphere
37%inclusion282 decks770 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
34%inclusion261 decks770 decks
-7%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion221 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Rakdos Signet
28%inclusion213 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion199 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Boros Signet
23%inclusion178 decks770 decks
-6%synergy
Cursed Mirror
5.3%inclusion41 decks770 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion764 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Plains
99%inclusion763 decks770 decks
4%synergy
Mountain
99%inclusion762 decks770 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion698 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Nomad Outpost
80%inclusion619 decks770 decks
22%synergy
Exotic Orchard
75%inclusion575 decks770 decks
23%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
74%inclusion572 decks770 decks
24%synergy
Isolated Chapel
74%inclusion572 decks770 decks
22%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
70%inclusion537 decks770 decks
18%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
69%inclusion530 decks770 decks
33%synergy
Battlefield Forge
67%inclusion514 decks770 decks
27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
64%inclusion492 decks770 decks
26%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
61%inclusion473 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
59%inclusion457 decks770 decks
48%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
59%inclusion457 decks770 decks
50%synergy
Furycalm Snarl
56%inclusion434 decks770 decks
47%synergy
Fetid Heath
55%inclusion421 decks770 decks
35%synergy
Evolving Wilds
54%inclusion418 decks770 decks
28%synergy
Rugged Prairie
53%inclusion406 decks770 decks
36%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
52%inclusion397 decks770 decks
36%synergy
Desolate Mire
49%inclusion374 decks770 decks
37%synergy
Graven Cairns
46%inclusion357 decks770 decks
35%synergy
Sunscorched Divide
44%inclusion342 decks770 decks
39%synergy
Ash Barrens
41%inclusion316 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
40%inclusion307 decks770 decks
36%synergy
Geothermal Bog
38%inclusion290 decks770 decks
34%synergy
Sacred Peaks
38%inclusion289 decks770 decks
33%synergy
Demolition Field
32%inclusion248 decks770 decks
28%synergy
Caves of Koilos
27%inclusion211 decks770 decks
-12%synergy
Shattered Landscape
20%inclusion155 decks770 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Silence
16%inclusion124 decks770 decks
-7%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
16%inclusion122 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Triumph
15%inclusion114 decks770 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Malice
14%inclusion105 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
10%inclusion80 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Boros Garrison
10%inclusion74 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
9.2%inclusion71 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
9.1%inclusion70 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Radiant Summit
8.4%inclusion53 decks634 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Field
8.1%inclusion62 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Peak
7.3%inclusion56 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Scoured Barrens
6.6%inclusion51 decks770 decks
-3%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
6.6%inclusion51 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Wind-Scarred Crag
6.4%inclusion49 decks770 decks
-2%synergy
Canyon Slough
5.5%inclusion42 decks770 decks
-4%synergy
Vector, Imperial Capital
5.2%inclusion38 decks734 decks
4%synergy
Holdout Settlement
5.1%inclusion39 decks770 decks
5%synergy