Obstinate Gargoyle

Commanders that run Obstinate Gargoyle most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Celes, Rune Knight: 4,118 decks
• Colonel Autumn: 65 decks
• Aron, Benalia's Ruin: 36 decks

Often played with Obstinate Gargoyle

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Grazing Kelpie
• Scuzzback Marauders
• Rendclaw Trow
• Lingering Tormentor
• Restless Apparition
• Heartmender
• Kithkin Spellduster
• Safehold Elite
• Lesser Masticore
• Furystoke Giant

Rulings

• 2024-06-07: A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
• 2024-06-07: If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the triggered ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.
• 2024-06-07: Once Obstinate Gargoyle has been blocked, causing it to gain flying by modifying it won't cause it to stop being blocked.
• 2024-06-07: If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won't trigger and the card won't return to the battlefield. That's because persist checks the creature as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 counters on it at that point.
• 2024-06-07: An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
• 2024-06-07: A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
• 2024-06-07: If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. A creature's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.