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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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Priest of Fell Rites
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
60%synergy
Sun Titan
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
54%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
45%synergy
Laughing Mad
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Gau, Feral Youth
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Mortify
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Sabin, Master Monk
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Stitch Together
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Top Cards
Ruinous Ultimatum
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Big Score
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Locke, Treasure Hunter
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Rejoin the Fight
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Angel of the Ruins
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Bedevil
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Night's Whisper
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Creatures
Ruin Grinder
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Banon, the Returners' Leader
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Anger
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Mog, Moogle Warrior
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Flayer of the Hatebound
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Millikin
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Gogo, Mysterious Mime
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Umaro, Raging Yeti
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
29%synergy
General Leo Cristophe
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
28%synergy
The Warring Triad
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Viscera Seer
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Palace Jailer
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
27%synergy
Meteor Golem
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Edgar, Master Machinist
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Putrid Goblin
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Strago and Relm
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Woe Strider
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Murderous Redcap
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Obstinate Gargoyle
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Garland, Knight of Cornelia
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Lesser Masticore
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Setzer, Wandering Gambler
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Thunderblust
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Dimir House Guard
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Cruel Celebrant
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Harvester of Souls
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Magmakin Artillerist
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Twilight Shepherd
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Wingrattle Scarecrow
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Shinra Reinforcements
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Corpse Knight
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Karmic Guide
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Crackling Doom
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Espers to Magicite
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Not Dead After All
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-44%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Scrollshift
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Feign Death
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Cloudshift
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Despark
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Flicker of Fate
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Long Road Home
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Acrobatic Maneuver
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Path to Exile
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-36%synergy
Deadly Dispute
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-16%synergy
You Are Already Dead
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Fate of the Sun-Cryst
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Moogles' Valor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Doom Blade
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Rakdos Charm
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Getaway Glamer
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Electric Revelation
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Parting Gust
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Undying Evil
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Reanimate
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Legions to Ashes
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
37%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Snort
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Faithless Looting
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Sevinne's Reclamation
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Buried Alive
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Victimize
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Unearth
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Painful Truths
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Evil Reawakened
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Can't Stay Away
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Thrilling Discovery
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Unburial Rites
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Bone Shards
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Decree of Pain
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Dread Return
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Vindicate
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Starfall Invocation
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Suplex
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Mythos of Snapdax
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Graceful Restoration
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Return Triumphant
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Strike It Rich
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Sundering Eruption
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Gruesome Menagerie
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Austere Command
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Helping Hand
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Edgar's Awakening
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Citywide Bust
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Act
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Spectacular Pileup
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Ignite the Future
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Vanquish the Horde
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Falcon, Airship Restored
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
37%synergy
Phoenix Down
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
37%synergy
Coin of Fate
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Key to the City
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Phantom Train
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Fell Gravship
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Cryptcaller Chariot
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Fluctuator
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Bagel and Schmear
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fanatical Devotion
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Touch the Spirit Realm
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Astral Drift
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Astral Slide
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Faith of the Devoted
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Battle of Hoover Dam
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
High Market
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Rogue's Passage
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Bojuka Bog
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Secluded Steppe
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Forgotten Cave
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Drownyard Temple
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Drifting Meadow
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Mire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Smoldering Crater
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
79%inclusion22 decks28 decks
-8%synergy
Sol Ring
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Conviction
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Rakdos Signet
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Orzhov Signet
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-19%synergy
Boros Signet
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Crowded Crypt
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Fire Diamond
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
White Auracite
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion24 decks28 decks
-7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Nomad Outpost
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Ash Barrens
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
57%synergy
Isolated Chapel
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Path of Ancestry
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Evolving Wilds
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
21%synergy
Battlefield Forge
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Rugged Prairie
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
48%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Fetid Heath
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
39%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Sunscorched Divide
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Desolate Mire
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Furycalm Snarl
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
37%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Graven Cairns
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Geothermal Bog
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Sacred Peaks
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Demolition Field
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Boros Garrison
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Shattered Landscape
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Caves of Koilos
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-18%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Silence
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of Malice
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Temple of Triumph
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Tainted Peak
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Grotto
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Escape Tunnel
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Tainted Field
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Maestros Theater
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Wind-Scarred Crag
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Obscura Storefront
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Rabanastre, Royal City
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Canyon Slough
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Cabaretti Courtyard
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Night Market
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy