On the other hand, it's held back a bit by being a stax piece that lets opponents choose which phase they're least likely to miss that turn
Chromatic Star Chromatic Star and its various comparable companions tend to be overlooked as they are never doing broken things
Dimir Control takes second place, and the remaining two decks have little place in the Pioneer meta
The fact that it then has the ability to trigger up to once every single turn its out simply makes it the best mana ramp white has gotten in a long time, and a contender for some of the best value too
Persist means When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owners control with a -1/-1 counter on it. Id like to point out that while the rules more vaguely state permanent and not creature, all of the cards that actively have the persist ability are creatures or grant it to creatures
You can do whatever you want