How does Marchesa, the Black Rose work with persist?
Asked by Chickens_are_awesome 6 years ago
If I have Marchesa, the Black Rose and a creature with persist, for example Puppeteer Clique what will happen when the creature dies?
Marchesa does not interact with persist, but Mikaeus, the Unhallowed does interact with persist.
Marchesa does work with undying though, such as Flayer of the Hatebound.
Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1
Assuming Puppeteer Clique has a +1/+1 counter on it, both Persist and Marchesa, the Black Rose will trigger when it dies. You get to stack those two triggers however you like, but it doesn't really matter. When Marchesa, the Black Rose's ability resolves, you'll create a delayed triggered ability to return Puppeteer Clique to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if it's still in your graveyard (it won't be). When Persist resolves, it will immediately return the Puppeteer Clique to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. If the Puppeteer Clique dies now, neither ability will trigger, and even though there's already the delayed triggered ability to return Puppeteer Clique, the game sees this dead one as different from the original one that died, so the ability will still do nothing.
January 14, 2018 6:15 p.m.