First printed in Final Fantasy Commander (2025)

Vivi's Persistence

Instant

Create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
Whenever your commander enters or attacks, you may pay 2 generic . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

MTGO price: 4.58 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 1.4% of Commander decks played it (84 of 6150). Most played in Vivi Ornitier.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 84 of 6150 decks (1.4%).

Share of decks

1.4%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

84 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

22%

15 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Vivi Ornitier	2.2%	4%
Crystal, Inhuman Princess	2.0%	2%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin	1.3%	82%
Jace, Multiverse Architect	0.3%	13%
Prismari, the Inspiration	0.1%	11%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard	0.0%	100%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph	0.0%	50%
Longshot, Rebel Bowman	0.0%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	99%	1.0
Chrome Mox	98%	1.1
Lotus Petal	98%	1.1
Jeska's Will	96%	3.2
Mana Vault	96%	1.1
Underworld Breach	95%	2.3
Gamble	95%	2.2
Deflecting Swat	95%	1.7
Ancient Tomb	95%	1.1
Rite of Flame	94%	2.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Vivi Ornitier Justin C. in cEDH Event	4-1 80%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in Top Deck Gauntlet #4 - October	3-2 60%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	3-2 60%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Jake Harper in cEDH Monthly - Reality Fracture Collector Box	3-2 60%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin {{MYTHIC}}Carmen Hazard in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	3-3 50%
Longshot, Rebel Bowman Nicholas Vinot in TOG Presents: Another 757 Cedh Tournament	2-3 40%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Zane Young in Commander Invitational Qualifier - 5C Gaming	2-3 40%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in cEDH Shuffle Pt.3 Revenge of the Shuffle	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Darwin Aho-Carroll, 25 Oct	1 main	#18 0-2
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Ralph Garcia, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 1-1
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Todd Hitz, 25 Oct	1 main	#43 0-1
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Angelo Varela, 25 Oct	1 main	#49 0-4
Vivi Ornitier Jonathan Antoniak, 25 Oct	1 main	#57 0-2
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Ban Rhystic Jeffrey sucks at magic, 25 Oct	1 main	#15 0-1
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin MARC F, 25 Oct	1 main	#16 1-3
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Vicente Jesús Serradilla Vergara, 25 Oct	1 main	#7 1-2

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.