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Persistent Specimen

Persistent Specimen Combos

Discover 40 Persistent Specimen combos, and learn how to pull them off.

Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Blasting Station
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Blasting Station
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Blasting Station
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Woe Strider
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Woe Strider
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Woe Strider
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Carrion Feeder
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bartolomé del Presidio
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Altar of Dementia
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite mill
  • Infinite self-mill
Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite Blood tokens
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Umbral Collar Zealot
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite surveil
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Phantom Train
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Goblin Bombardment
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Carrion Feeder
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Carrion Feeder
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bartolomé del Presidio
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Bartolomé del Presidio
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Altar of Dementia
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite mill
  • Infinite self-mill
Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite Blood tokens
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Umbral Collar Zealot
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite surveil
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Phantom Train
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Goblin Bombardment
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Altar of Dementia
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite mill
  • Infinite self-mill
Magic color symbol for W Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite Blood tokens
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Umbral Collar Zealot
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite surveil
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Phantom Train
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Goblin Bombardment
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Viscera Seer
  • Sifter of Skulls
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Viscera Seer
  • Skittering Precursor
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B
  • Pitiless Plunderer
  • Viscera Seer
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite scry 1
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for G
  • Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • Crystalline Crawler
  • Umbral Collar Zealot
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite colored mana
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite surveil
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for G Magic color symbol for W
  • Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • Crystalline Crawler
  • Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite colored mana
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite self-discard triggers
  • Infinite draw triggers
  • Infinite rummaging
  • Infinite Blood tokens
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for G
  • Bhaal, Lord of Murder
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Cryptic Trilobite
  • Phyrexian Altar
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for G
  • Bhaal, Lord of Murder
  • Persistent Specimen
  • Crystalline Crawler
  • Ashnod's Altar
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite ETB
  • Infinite LTB
  • Infinite sacrifice triggers

Sets containing Persistent Specimen

Persistent Specimen appears in 3 different sets:

Foundations icon Foundations Innistrad: Double Feature icon Innistrad: Double Feature Innistrad: Crimson Vow icon Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Combos by Color

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White
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Blue
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Black
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Red
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Green
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Colorless
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Azorius
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Orzhov
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Boros
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Selesnya
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Dimir
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Izzet
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Simic
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Rakdos
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Golgari
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Gruul
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Esper
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Jeskai
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Bant
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Mardu
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Abzan
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Naya
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for U
Grixis
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Sultai
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Temur
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Jund
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Yore
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Witch
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Ink
Magic color symbol for B Magic color symbol for R Magic color symbol for G Magic color symbol for W
Dune
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Glint
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Rainbow

Combos by Result

Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite death triggers Infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite storm count Infinite colored mana Infinite creature tokens Infinite draw triggers Infinite lifegain triggers Infinite colorless mana Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature Infinite landfall triggers Infinite lifegain Infinite card draw Infinite damage Infinite magecraft triggers Lock Infinite turns Near-infinite ETB Infinite self-mill Infinite mana creatures you control can produce Near-infinite LTB Infinite self-discard triggers Near-infinite storm count Infinite untap of creatures you control Near-infinite death triggers Infinite tapped creature tokens Infinite Treasure tokens Near-infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite lifeloss + 989 more results
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Combos by Set

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