Celes, Rune Knight (Commander) - Budget Core

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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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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Priest of Fell Rites
68%inclusion21 decks31 decks
63%synergy
Sun Titan
68%inclusion21 decks31 decks
57%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
47%synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Sabin, Master Monk
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Mortify
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Stitch Together
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
45%synergy
Laughing Mad
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
44%synergy
Gau, Feral Youth
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
44%synergy
The Falcon, Airship Restored
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Morbid Opportunist
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
40%synergy
Ruinous Ultimatum
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Angel of the Ruins
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
42%synergy
Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Locke, Treasure Hunter
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
38%synergy
Rejoin the Fight
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
42%synergy
Night's Whisper
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Big Score
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Reanimate
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Creatures
Anger
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Banon, the Returners' Leader
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
37%synergy
Mog, Moogle Warrior
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
38%synergy
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
26%synergy
Millikin
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
36%synergy
General Leo Cristophe
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Gogo, Mysterious Mime
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Flayer of the Hatebound
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
37%synergy
Ruin Grinder
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Umaro, Raging Yeti
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
32%synergy
The Warring Triad
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
29%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Viscera Seer
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Putrid Goblin
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
28%synergy
Meteor Golem
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
26%synergy
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
26%synergy
Edgar, Master Machinist
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Strago and Relm
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Palace Jailer
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
21%synergy
Murderous Redcap
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Garland, Knight of Cornelia
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
19%synergy
Woe Strider
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Obstinate Gargoyle
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Lesser Masticore
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Setzer, Wandering Gambler
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Wingrattle Scarecrow
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Thunderblust
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Dimir House Guard
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Harvester of Souls
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Karmic Guide
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Magmakin Artillerist
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Twilight Shepherd
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Judge Magister Gabranth
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Shinra Reinforcements
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Bedevil
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Crackling Doom
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
18%synergy
Espers to Magicite
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
30%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
16%synergy
Not Dead After All
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-46%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Cloudshift
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Scrollshift
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Despark
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Feign Death
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-13%synergy
Long Road Home
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Moogles' Valor
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Flicker of Fate
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Path to Exile
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-37%synergy
Crib Swap
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Undying Evil
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Doom Blade
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Charm
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Parting Gust
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Getaway Glamer
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Electric Revelation
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Opera Love Song
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Fate of the Sun-Cryst
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Light of Judgment
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
You Are Already Dead
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Generous Gift
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-12%synergy
Sorceries
Legions to Ashes
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
37%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Faithless Looting
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Snort
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Victimize
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Buried Alive
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Unearth
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
14%synergy
Painful Truths
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Evil Reawakened
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Unburial Rites
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Austere Command
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Mythos of Snapdax
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Vindicate
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Bone Shards
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Thrilling Discovery
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
8%synergy
Suplex
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Can't Stay Away
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Edgar's Awakening
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Helping Hand
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-3%synergy
Blasphemous Act
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-16%synergy
Spectacular Pileup
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Citywide Bust
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Ignite the Future
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Vanquish the Horde
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Return Triumphant
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Diresight
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Strike It Rich
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Graceful Restoration
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Gruesome Menagerie
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Poison the Waters
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Starfall Invocation
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Sundering Eruption
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Resentful Revelation
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Phoenix Down
42%inclusion13 decks31 decks
40%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
30%synergy
Key to the City
35%inclusion11 decks31 decks
32%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Coin of Fate
32%inclusion10 decks31 decks
31%synergy
Phantom Train
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
16%synergy
Fell Gravship
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Cryptcaller Chariot
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Fluctuator
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Touch the Spirit Realm
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Fanatical Devotion
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Astral Slide
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Astral Drift
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Battle of Hoover Dam
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Faith of the Devoted
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
6%synergy
High Market
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Barren Moor
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-18%synergy
Secluded Steppe
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Forgotten Cave
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Drownyard Temple
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
10%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Smoldering Crater
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Drifting Meadow
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion25 decks31 decks
-5%synergy
Sol Ring
71%inclusion22 decks31 decks
-18%synergy
Mind Stone
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
46%synergy
Talisman of Conviction
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
24%synergy
Rakdos Signet
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Orzhov Signet
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
-6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
-5%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
-22%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
11%synergy
Boros Signet
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
-15%synergy
Fire Diamond
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Crowded Crypt
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-5%synergy
Marble Diamond
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
5%synergy
White Auracite
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Mountain
100%inclusion31 decks31 decks
6%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion31 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion31 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
84%inclusion26 decks31 decks
-8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
74%inclusion23 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Nomad Outpost
71%inclusion22 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Ash Barrens
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
54%synergy
Isolated Chapel
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
23%synergy
Evolving Wilds
61%inclusion19 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
22%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
49%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
7%synergy
Rugged Prairie
58%inclusion18 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Battlefield Forge
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
15%synergy
Fetid Heath
55%inclusion17 decks31 decks
34%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
52%inclusion16 decks31 decks
41%synergy
Furycalm Snarl
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Desolate Mire
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
37%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
48%inclusion15 decks31 decks
21%synergy
Sunscorched Divide
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
39%synergy
Graven Cairns
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
27%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Geothermal Bog
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Sacred Peaks
39%inclusion12 decks31 decks
35%synergy
Demolition Field
29%inclusion9 decks31 decks
25%synergy
Boros Garrison
26%inclusion8 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Shattered Landscape
23%inclusion7 decks31 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
7%synergy
Caves of Koilos
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
-20%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Silence
19%inclusion6 decks31 decks
-4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Triumph
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-6%synergy
Temple of Malice
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Grotto
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
13%synergy
Tainted Peak
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
2%synergy
Escape Tunnel
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Canyon Slough
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
0%synergy
Tainted Field
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
-2%synergy
Maestros Theater
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Obscura Storefront
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Rabanastre, Royal City
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
9%synergy
Wind-Scarred Crag
10%inclusion3 decks31 decks
1%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy