Lesser Masticore 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
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. 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 : Lesser Masticore
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must discard exactly one card to cast Lesser Masticore; you can't cast it without discarding a card, and you can't discard additional cards. If Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield without being cast (perhaps because of its persist ability) you don't discard a card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the ability trigger resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Once persist returns the creature, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won't return to the battlefield. Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won't be put on the new creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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 of counters on it. Lesser Masticore's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· 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 as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 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 + Ashnod's Altar + Lesser Masticore
- 1Sacrifice the Lesser Masticore to Ashnod's Altar to add
. - 2Lesser Masticore returns to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter and a -1/-1 counter.
- 3The counters cancel out.
- 4Repeat.
Luminous Broodmoth + Lesser Masticore + Bartolomé del Presidio
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Lesser Masticore.
- 2When Lesser Masticore dies, its persist ability triggers if it didn't have a -1/-1 counter, and Luminous Broodmoth triggers if Lesser Masticore didn't have flying.
- 3Resolve the persist trigger, if applicable, returning Lesser Masticore from your graveyard to the battlefield with either a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 4Resolve the Luminous Broodmoth trigger, if applicable, returning Lesser Masticore from your graveyard to the battlefield with a flying counter on it if Lesser Masticore is still in your graveyard.
- 5Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 6Repeat.
Renata, Called to the Hunt + Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore
- 1Sacrifice the Lesser Masticore to Altar of Dementia to mill target player 2.
- 2Lesser Masticore returns to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter and a -1/-1 counter.
- 3The counters cancel out.
- 4Repeat.
Renata, Called to the Hunt + Phyrexian Altar + Lesser Masticore
- 1Sacrifice the Lesser Masticore to Phyrexian Altar to add
. - 2Lesser Masticore returns to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter and a -1/-1 counter.
- 3The counters cancel out.
- 4Repeat.
Tribute to the World Tree + Lesser Masticore + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Lesser Masticore, adding one mana of any color.
- 2When Lesser Masticore dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield, Tribute to the World Tree triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on Lesser Masticore .
- 4Repeat.
Tribute to the World Tree + Lesser Masticore + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Lesser Masticore, adding one mana of any color.
- 2When Lesser Masticore dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield, Tribute to the World Tree triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on Lesser Masticore .
- 4Repeat.
Tribute to the World Tree + Lesser Masticore + Altar of Dementia
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Lesser Masticore.
- 2When Lesser Masticore dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield, Tribute to the World Tree triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on Lesser Masticore .
- 4Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to Lesser Masticore's power.
- 5Repeat.
Lesser Masticore + Good-Fortune Unicorn + Altar of Dementia
- 1Sacrifice Lesser Masticore to Altar of Dementia milling a player.
- 2Lesser Masticore returns to the battlefield with persist.
- 3Good-Fortune Unicorn gives Lesser Masticore a +1/+1 counter removing the -1/-1 counter from persist.
- 4Repeat.
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