What if a creature has persist and undying?

What if a creature has persist and undying?

When a creature with both undying and persist dies without any +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters, both abilities will trigger. Since you control both triggers you choose what order they resolve it. Whichever one resolves first will return the creature to the battlefield with the appropriate counter.

How does the Ozolith work with undying?

How Does The Ozolith Work with Undying? This might get a little technical. The Ozolith says that whenever a creature you control with counters on it leaves the battlefield, put those counters on Ozolith. So when a creature dies, it goes to the graveyard and both undying and Ozolith try to trigger.

What does persist mean in MTG?

702.79a Persist is a triggered ability. “Persist” means “When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a -1/-1 counter on it.”

Does undying count as regeneration MTG?

Persist and Undying are irrelevant in case a creature is regenerated because the creature isn’t actually destroyed; destruction is replaced by removing damage etc.

Do +1 and counters cancel out?

+1/+1 and -1/-1 counters do cancel out whenever a player would receive priority. However, no other kinds of counters cancel out. They are canceled out whenever state based actions are checked State based actions rules start with #704 in the rules.

Do +1 counters cancel out counters MTG?

If a creature ever has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, the two kinds of counters immediately “cancel out,” one for one, until only one kind of counter remains.

Does The Ozolith work with persist?

The text on Ozolith triggers wheneve something leaves the battlefield, whereas persist and undying trigger on death, or specifically hitting the graveyard from the battlefield.

Does The Ozolith take 1 1 counters?

Yes, even a non-animated Ozolith would have +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters eliminate each other: 122.3.

Do persist creatures hit the graveyard?

Long answer: yes. In order for their abilities to trigger, they have to die (enter the graveyard from the battlefield). They’ll enter the graveyard, then both the first ability and the persist ability will trigger (you choose to put them on the stack as you wish).

Does persist use the stack?

Yes, Persist, like most abilities in Magic, uses the stack. It can be responded to by removing the card, or Stifleing the ability.

Are tokens affected by undying?

It has “summoning sickness”. Tokens can gain undying, and the ability will trigger if a token is put into a graveyard. However, like all tokens, it can’t return to the battlefield and will cease to exist as a state-based action before the ability would go on the stack.

Does undying go on the stack?

Your creatures dies for whatever reason and both Undying triggers go on the stack.