Kitchen Finks is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. 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.)
How it works : Kitchen Finks
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they'll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can't return to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it's a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player's persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player's persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
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's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Renata, Called to the Hunt + Kitchen Finks + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks, adding
. - 2Kitchen Finks' persist ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield with zero -1/-1 counters on it due to Renata.
- 3Kitchen Finks entering the battlefield, causing you to gain two life.
- 4Repeat.
Kitchen Finks + Ashnod's Altar + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks.
- 2When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Kitchen Finks from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Kitchen Finks.
- 5Repeat.
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Geralf's Messenger + Ashnod's Altar + Kitchen Finks
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Geralf's Messenger, adding .
- 2When Geralf's Messenger dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 and a vigilance counter on it.
- 3When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing target opponent to lose 2 life.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks, adding .
- 5When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 and a vigilance counter on it.
- 6When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 7Activate Tayam by paying
and removing the +1/+1 counter from Geralf's Messenger, the -1-1 counter from Kitchen Finks, and a vigilance counter from any creature you control, milling yourself three cards then returning any permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 8Repeat.
Kitchen Finks + Phyrexian Altar + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks.
- 2When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Kitchen Finks from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Kitchen Finks.
- 5Repeat.
Kitchen Finks + Altar of Dementia + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Kitchen Finks.
- 2When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Kitchen Finks from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Kitchen Finks.
- 5Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 6Repeat.
Renata, Called to the Hunt + Kitchen Finks + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Kitchen Finks' persist ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield with zero -1/-1 counters on it due to Renata.
- 3Kitchen Finks entering the battlefield, causing you to gain two life.
- 4Repeat.
Kitchen Finks + Viscera Seer + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Kitchen Finks.
- 2When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Kitchen Finks from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Kitchen Finks.
- 5Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 6Repeat.
Kitchen Finks + Ashnod's Altar + Archangel of Thune
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kitchen Finks.
- 2When Kitchen Finks dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Kitchen Finks from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Kitchen Finks enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Archangel of Thune triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 5Repeat.
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