rules query

[ross miles]

anyone know how the new green creature - that makes creatures lose infect and also says creatures you control cannot have -1/-1 counters placed on them - interacts with persist?

[Thomas David Baker]

Infinite lives!

 

The last ruling on Tatterkite (under rulings) explains: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=14...

 

If Tatterkite would enter the battlefield with counters on it, it enters the battlefield but doesn't have those counters. For example, if an effect grants it persist and then it's destroyed, it returns to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it.