First printed in Innistrad: Crimson Vow (2021)
All 3 prints
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Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #473, 2024
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Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #392, 2022
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Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #125, 2021
Persistent Specimen 
Creature — Skeleton
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Combos
4 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Crystalline Crawler + Persistent Specimen
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Cryptic Trilobite + Persistent Specimen + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Crystalline Crawler + Persistent Specimen + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Crystalline Crawler + Persistent Specimen + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal