Dirty Boggart

Painborn (Each 1 life you pay while casting this spell pays for {1}. This creature enters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it for each 1 life
paid this way.)
Whenever Dirty Boggart deals combat damage to
a player, remove all -1/-1 counters from it.
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.)