Captain Ira the Esteemed

Creatures you control gain persist as long as
Captain Ira the Esteemed has no counters.
Whenever a creature with a counter on it
dies, exile it instead.
Persist (When this creature is put into a graveyard
from play, 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.)