It also triggers whenever the gift triggered ability of a permanent that player controls resolves
Thats a lot of safety valves on a mana rock and for good reason
If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast
Casting Persecution during your combat damage phase after no blockers were declared can put your opponent in an absolutely awful position, especially if you still have mana up for a backup removal spell
: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control
Bound // Determined Cadaverous Bloom Camellia, the Seedmiser Cease // Desist Charnel Troll Corpseberry Cultivator Cosmogoyf Deathrite Shaman Diregraf Rebirth Dreg Mangler Faunsbane Troll Flesh // Blood Ghoulcaller's Harvest Gloomshrieker Grime Gorger Harness Infinity Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Iname as One Invasion of Lorwyn Lluwen, Exchange Student Morbid Bloom Necrogenesis Nemata, Primeval Warden Nyx Weaver Pharika, God of Affliction Pillage the Bog Polukranos, Unchained Revival Experiment Rotwidow Pack Sarulf, Realm Eater Sisters of Stone Death Skyfisher Spider Slitherhead Sluiceway Scorpion Stoic Grove-Guide Treasured Find Varolz, the Scar-Striped Venom, Deadly Devourer Winter, Cynical Opportunist Woodwraith Strangler Young Deathclaws
