Obstinate Gargoyle
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
This creature has flying as long as it's modified. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Persist (When this creature dies, 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.)
Rulings
7 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Obstinate Gargoyle, whatever its commander.
Obstinate Gargoyle price history
The Modern Horizons 3 #195 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.27 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.27 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.27 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.27 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.26 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.26 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.26 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.26 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.26 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.26 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.26 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.27 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.29 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.29 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.30 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.30 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.30 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.30 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.30 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.31 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.31 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.32 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.32 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.34 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Obstinate Gargoyle
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.23
- Foil
- $0.27
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Obstinate Gargoyle. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
