Obstinate Gargoyle 
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle2/2
Oracle text (EN)
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
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.)
Printing details
- Set
- MH3 · 195
- Rarity
- Common
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Craig J Spearing
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Prices
- €0.16 · $0.19
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2026 | €0.15 | €0.11 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.16 | €0.11 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.15 30-day avg €0.11 | low – trend €0.14 30-day avg €0.09 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.11 | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.11 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.11 | NM from €0.11 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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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.
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Once Obstinate Gargoyle has been blocked, causing it to gain flying by modifying it won't cause it to stop being blocked.
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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.
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An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
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A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
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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.