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
11%inclusion27 decks235 decks
8%synergy
Rhys, the Evermore
8.3%inclusion20 decks241 decks
8%synergy
Personify
5.8%inclusion14 decks241 decks
5%synergy
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn
4.6%inclusion23 decks503 decks
4%synergy
Slumbering Walker
4.3%inclusion10 decks235 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Priest of Fell Rites
66%inclusion540 decks819 decks
61%synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
57%inclusion468 decks819 decks
55%synergy
Stitch Together
56%inclusion459 decks819 decks
52%synergy
Murderous Redcap
49%inclusion399 decks819 decks
45%synergy
Sun Titan
54%inclusion446 decks819 decks
44%synergy
Phoenix Down
45%inclusion358 decks793 decks
43%synergy
Banon, the Returners' Leader
47%inclusion372 decks793 decks
42%synergy
Putrid Goblin
43%inclusion356 decks819 decks
42%synergy
Gau, Feral Youth
45%inclusion359 decks793 decks
41%synergy
Laughing Mad
45%inclusion358 decks793 decks
41%synergy
Top Cards
Morbid Opportunist
56%inclusion460 decks819 decks
38%synergy
Mortify
52%inclusion424 decks819 decks
36%synergy
Reanimate
49%inclusion403 decks819 decks
32%synergy
Anger
47%inclusion387 decks819 decks
39%synergy
Ruinous Ultimatum
47%inclusion386 decks819 decks
8%synergy
Locke, Treasure Hunter
44%inclusion345 decks793 decks
37%synergy
Crackling Doom
43%inclusion356 decks819 decks
26%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
43%inclusion354 decks819 decks
38%synergy
Viscera Seer
43%inclusion351 decks819 decks
29%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
42%inclusion344 decks819 decks
38%synergy
Creatures
The Warring Triad
41%inclusion328 decks793 decks
37%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
41%inclusion337 decks819 decks
40%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
41%inclusion333 decks819 decks
28%synergy
General Leo Cristophe
39%inclusion312 decks794 decks
35%synergy
Obstinate Gargoyle
39%inclusion320 decks819 decks
38%synergy
Flayer of the Hatebound
37%inclusion303 decks819 decks
36%synergy
Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
37%inclusion292 decks793 decks
32%synergy
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
37%inclusion300 decks819 decks
25%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
37%inclusion299 decks819 decks
18%synergy
Lesser Masticore
36%inclusion296 decks819 decks
35%synergy
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
36%inclusion283 decks793 decks
32%synergy
Sabin, Master Monk
36%inclusion282 decks793 decks
34%synergy
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
35%inclusion279 decks794 decks
30%synergy
Mog, Moogle Warrior
32%inclusion257 decks793 decks
29%synergy
Millikin
32%inclusion260 decks819 decks
29%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
31%inclusion255 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
31%inclusion253 decks819 decks
27%synergy
Restless Apparition
30%inclusion244 decks819 decks
29%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
30%inclusion243 decks819 decks
28%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
29%inclusion200 decks690 decks
26%synergy
Gogo, Mysterious Mime
27%inclusion216 decks793 decks
22%synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
26%inclusion208 decks793 decks
23%synergy
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
26%inclusion203 decks793 decks
24%synergy
Mayhem Devil
25%inclusion202 decks819 decks
16%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
24%inclusion199 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
24%inclusion197 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Angel of the Ruins
24%inclusion194 decks819 decks
20%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
23%inclusion191 decks819 decks
18%synergy
Carrion Feeder
22%inclusion183 decks819 decks
20%synergy
Molten Gatekeeper
22%inclusion181 decks819 decks
20%synergy
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
21%inclusion168 decks789 decks
17%synergy
Edgar, Master Machinist
21%inclusion168 decks793 decks
19%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
21%inclusion171 decks819 decks
16%synergy
Umaro, Raging Yeti
19%inclusion148 decks793 decks
18%synergy
Meteor Golem
19%inclusion152 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
18%inclusion149 decks819 decks
8%synergy
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
18%inclusion144 decks794 decks
15%synergy
Wingrattle Scarecrow
17%inclusion140 decks819 decks
17%synergy
Lingering Tormentor
17%inclusion140 decks819 decks
17%synergy
Karmic Guide
17%inclusion137 decks819 decks
10%synergy
Blood Artist
16%inclusion133 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Ruin Grinder
16%inclusion133 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
16%inclusion130 decks819 decks
3%synergy
Strago and Relm
15%inclusion122 decks793 decks
14%synergy
Woe Strider
15%inclusion123 decks819 decks
14%synergy
Kithkin Spellduster
15%inclusion122 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
15%inclusion121 decks819 decks
12%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
15%inclusion116 decks794 decks
11%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
14%inclusion111 decks819 decks
13%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
13%inclusion110 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Big Score
40%inclusion329 decks819 decks
30%synergy
Bedevil
40%inclusion328 decks819 decks
33%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
39%inclusion320 decks819 decks
-23%synergy
Path to Exile
33%inclusion269 decks819 decks
-14%synergy
Cloudshift
28%inclusion227 decks819 decks
24%synergy
Espers to Magicite
24%inclusion192 decks794 decks
22%synergy
Deadly Dispute
19%inclusion156 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Flicker of Fate
17%inclusion139 decks819 decks
16%synergy
Feign Death
16%inclusion130 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Not Dead After All
16%inclusion129 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
15%inclusion126 decks819 decks
15%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
15%inclusion126 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Ephemerate
15%inclusion122 decks819 decks
10%synergy
Generous Gift
15%inclusion119 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
14%inclusion115 decks819 decks
-20%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion114 decks819 decks
13%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
13%inclusion104 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Village Rites
11%inclusion93 decks819 decks
0%synergy
Despark
11%inclusion93 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
First Day of Class
11%inclusion91 decks819 decks
11%synergy
Parting Gust
11%inclusion90 decks819 decks
10%synergy
Reprieve
10%inclusion82 decks819 decks
7%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion79 decks819 decks
8%synergy
Chaos Warp
10%inclusion78 decks819 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
9.4%inclusion77 decks819 decks
-7%synergy
Disenchant
7.3%inclusion60 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
7.3%inclusion57 decks784 decks
7%synergy
Cauldron Haze
6.5%inclusion53 decks819 decks
6%synergy
Abrade
6.2%inclusion51 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Demand Answers
6.2%inclusion51 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Soul Partition
6.1%inclusion50 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Terminate
5.9%inclusion48 decks819 decks
-7%synergy
Restoration Magic
5.7%inclusion45 decks784 decks
4%synergy
Wear // Tear
5.7%inclusion47 decks819 decks
-6%synergy
Mandate of Peace
5.7%inclusion47 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Undying Evil
5.7%inclusion47 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
5.5%inclusion45 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Rakdos Charm
5.5%inclusion45 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Flare of Duplication
5.4%inclusion44 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
41%inclusion339 decks819 decks
34%synergy
Rejoin the Fight
41%inclusion328 decks793 decks
38%synergy
Night's Whisper
38%inclusion314 decks819 decks
25%synergy
Faithless Looting
37%inclusion304 decks819 decks
22%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
34%inclusion280 decks819 decks
26%synergy
Legions to Ashes
31%inclusion253 decks819 decks
29%synergy
Unearth
29%inclusion234 decks819 decks
26%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
28%inclusion226 decks819 decks
25%synergy
Buried Alive
26%inclusion217 decks819 decks
20%synergy
Snort
25%inclusion200 decks793 decks
23%synergy
Lively Dirge
23%inclusion192 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Persist
17%inclusion140 decks819 decks
16%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion118 decks819 decks
13%synergy
Blasphemous Act
12%inclusion100 decks819 decks
-10%synergy
Unburial Rites
11%inclusion89 decks819 decks
8%synergy
Damn
9.0%inclusion74 decks819 decks
-9%synergy
Evil Reawakened
9.0%inclusion71 decks793 decks
9%synergy
Resentful Revelation
8.7%inclusion68 decks784 decks
8%synergy
Austere Command
8.1%inclusion66 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Demonic Counsel
7.9%inclusion65 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Mythos of Snapdax
7.8%inclusion64 decks819 decks
2%synergy
Jolted Awake
7.6%inclusion62 decks819 decks
7%synergy
Starfall Invocation
7.6%inclusion62 decks819 decks
7%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
7.4%inclusion61 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
6.8%inclusion56 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Painful Truths
6.8%inclusion56 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Helping Hand
6.6%inclusion54 decks819 decks
6%synergy
Suplex
6.4%inclusion51 decks793 decks
6%synergy
Day of Judgment
6.1%inclusion50 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.5%inclusion45 decks819 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
39%inclusion316 decks819 decks
7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
32%inclusion260 decks819 decks
23%synergy
The Falcon, Airship Restored
29%inclusion231 decks793 decks
27%synergy
Key to the City
24%inclusion200 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Coin of Fate
22%inclusion176 decks793 decks
21%synergy
Phantom Train
7.2%inclusion57 decks793 decks
7%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.7%inclusion55 decks819 decks
-1%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
6.1%inclusion50 decks819 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Goblin Bombardment
30%inclusion249 decks819 decks
22%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
19%inclusion157 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Impact Tremors
16%inclusion135 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Touch the Spirit Realm
14%inclusion115 decks819 decks
13%synergy
Thran Vigil
11%inclusion92 decks819 decks
11%synergy
Animate Dead
7.1%inclusion58 decks819 decks
-1%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
6.8%inclusion56 decks819 decks
6%synergy
Smile at Death
6.6%inclusion54 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.3%inclusion52 decks819 decks
-12%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
5.5%inclusion45 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
40%inclusion328 decks819 decks
17%synergy
High Market
36%inclusion293 decks819 decks
32%synergy
Bojuka Bog
10%inclusion82 decks819 decks
-21%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.3%inclusion52 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
89%inclusion725 decks819 decks
2%synergy
Sol Ring
77%inclusion632 decks819 decks
-12%synergy
Talisman of Conviction
69%inclusion565 decks819 decks
28%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
61%inclusion496 decks819 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
42%inclusion342 decks819 decks
33%synergy
Commander's Sphere
36%inclusion295 decks819 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
34%inclusion279 decks819 decks
-7%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion237 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Rakdos Signet
27%inclusion225 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion214 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Boros Signet
23%inclusion190 decks819 decks
-5%synergy
Cursed Mirror
5.4%inclusion44 decks819 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion812 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Plains
99%inclusion811 decks819 decks
4%synergy
Mountain
99%inclusion810 decks819 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion739 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Nomad Outpost
80%inclusion652 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Exotic Orchard
75%inclusion612 decks819 decks
23%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
74%inclusion602 decks819 decks
23%synergy
Isolated Chapel
74%inclusion602 decks819 decks
21%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
69%inclusion565 decks819 decks
17%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
68%inclusion561 decks819 decks
32%synergy
Battlefield Forge
66%inclusion542 decks819 decks
26%synergy
Path of Ancestry
64%inclusion528 decks819 decks
27%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
61%inclusion496 decks819 decks
33%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
58%inclusion478 decks819 decks
47%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
58%inclusion476 decks819 decks
49%synergy
Furycalm Snarl
55%inclusion449 decks819 decks
45%synergy
Fetid Heath
54%inclusion442 decks819 decks
34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
53%inclusion437 decks819 decks
27%synergy
Rugged Prairie
53%inclusion435 decks819 decks
36%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
52%inclusion426 decks819 decks
37%synergy
Desolate Mire
48%inclusion393 decks819 decks
36%synergy
Graven Cairns
45%inclusion372 decks819 decks
34%synergy
Sunscorched Divide
44%inclusion364 decks819 decks
38%synergy
Ash Barrens
40%inclusion328 decks819 decks
33%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
38%inclusion314 decks819 decks
34%synergy
Geothermal Bog
36%inclusion298 decks819 decks
33%synergy
Sacred Peaks
36%inclusion296 decks819 decks
32%synergy
Demolition Field
31%inclusion255 decks819 decks
27%synergy
Caves of Koilos
27%inclusion225 decks819 decks
-12%synergy
Shattered Landscape
20%inclusion166 decks819 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Silence
16%inclusion131 decks819 decks
-7%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
16%inclusion128 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Triumph
15%inclusion119 decks819 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Malice
14%inclusion112 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
11%inclusion87 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Boros Garrison
10%inclusion79 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
9.2%inclusion75 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
9.2%inclusion75 decks819 decks
-3%synergy
Radiant Summit
8.0%inclusion55 decks690 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Field
7.6%inclusion62 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
7.1%inclusion58 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Peak
6.8%inclusion56 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Scoured Barrens
6.7%inclusion55 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Wind-Scarred Crag
6.3%inclusion52 decks819 decks
-2%synergy
Canyon Slough
5.7%inclusion47 decks819 decks
-4%synergy
Vector, Imperial Capital
5.2%inclusion41 decks785 decks
4%synergy