Rhys, the Evermore

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Rhys, the Evermore: Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior, Lorwyn Eclipsed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Released
2026-01-23
Collector number
32
Artist
Kai Carpenter
Commander rank
11,523 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Rhys, the Evermore

Rhys, the Evermore is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), an expansion set released in January 2026. It is collector number 32 in that set, with art by Kai Carpenter. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flash

When Rhys enters, another target creature you control gains persist until end of turn. (When it 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.)

{W}, {T}: Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Rhys, the Evermore by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Rhys, the Evermore

Rhys, the Evermore has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #354Rare2026
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos (PECL) #32pRare2026

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Rhys, the Evermore, newest first.

  • If the target creature dies but that card leaves the graveyard before the persist ability resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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